Re: Depending on C99 (Re: GtkBindingSignal changes)
- From: Roger Leigh <rleigh whinlatter ukfsn org>
- To: Hans Breuer <hans breuer org>
- Cc: Tor Lillqvist <tml iki fi>, gtk-devel-list gnome org, Matthias Clasen <mclasen redhat com>
- Subject: Re: Depending on C99 (Re: GtkBindingSignal changes)
- Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:58:57 +0000
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Hans Breuer <hans breuer org> writes:
> On 05.01.2006 17:26, Roger Leigh wrote:
>> Matthias Clasen <mclasen redhat com> writes:
>>
>>> Visual C++ 6.0 doesn't support C99 variadic macros.
>> It's over eight years old. The last time I checked, anyone could
>> download the latest MS compiler from the MS website, so I don't think
>> there's any good reason to restrict yourselves to this compiler's
>> capabilities.
> Have you used any of the MS compilers to compile at least Glib?
> The last free (as in in beer) version did not support linking with
> the C-runtine as DLL at all.
No. I've built everything from Glib up to some GNOME libs quite a
number of times with both Cygwin and MinGW, however. GCC works
perfectly well, and can be binary compatible with the MS libraries
should you require it.
>> You can only take portability so far until it becomes
>> counter-productive. Why not just make proper C99 support the minimum
>> requirement?
>>
> Why not simply drop usage of anything else than the latest GCC?
> And ony be portable to differnt flavours of Linux? *No* NOT serious.
Support for obsolete, non-standard and proprietary compilers is not
particularly compelling for me as a free software developer,
particuarly when it prevents the use of beneficial features of the C
language as standardised by ISO.
I'm aware that quite a number of folks use MSVC to develop proprietary
applications, but I do have to question whether the long-term
detrimental effects of being tied to it outweigh being stuck in the
past. I would be interested to know how many of the existing MSVC
users can't use GCC.
Regards,
Roger
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