I have a general question and a specific question. First the general one: (1) When is it okay to use C99 code in the Python core? More particularly, is it considered acceptable to use widely-implemented library functions that are specified in C99 but not ANSI C, or widely-implemented features that are new to C99?
Or is C99 code now acceptable pretty much anywhere? If so, should PEP 7 be updated? It currently says: """Use ANSI/ISO standard C (the 1989 version of the standard).""" I think there are some C99 features that still aren't implemented everywhere, even on major platforms. (Examples are the inverse hyperbolic trig functions in math.h.) And the specific question: (2) Is it okay to use the '%a' format specifier for sprintf, sscanf and friends. Are there major platforms where this isn't implemented? (Using '%a' would make the issue implementation much simpler.) Mark _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
