On Sep 30, 2015, at 6:53 PM, Guy Harris <g...@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > I think the intent was to be able to run Wireshark's C code through C++ > compilers; I can't find the mail where this was discussed, but, as I > remember, the issue was that Microsoft were dragging their feet on C99 > support, and we wanted to be able to use at least some features present in > both C99 and the versions of C++ supported by the Microsoft compiler. > > Microsoft have gotten more receptive to C99 features; is this something we > still want to contemplate - and to try to keep open as a possibility, by > compiling with -Wc++-compat? > > If I try to build what's currently in master, it fails on my Yosemite > machine, with Xcode 7.0.1
Not after rebuilding and reinstalling all the development libraries and doing make maintainer-clean/autogen/configure/make. But what was the reason for adding checks for C++ compatibility, and does it still apply? ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org> Archives: https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-requ...@wireshark.org?subject=unsubscribe
