From: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
To: "David Kågedal" <davidk@lysator.liu.se>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dir.c: avoid c99 array initialization
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:41:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48B6C715.9060603@op5.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871w09kvew.fsf@lysator.liu.se>
David Kågedal wrote:
> Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil> writes:
>
>> The following syntax:
>>
>> char foo[] = {
>> [0] = 1,
>> [7] = 2,
>> [15] = 3
>> };
>>
>> is a c99 construct which some compilers do not support even though they
>> support other c99 constructs. Use an alternative.
>
> But the alternative is much worse. So how important is it to support
> non-C99 compilers?
>
Fairly important. Lots of people have gone through lots of work to make
sure git works with legacy compilers.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-28 15:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-18 23:39 [FYI] How I compile on SunOS 5.7 with the SUNWspro compiler and ksh Brandon Casey
2008-08-18 23:55 ` [PATCH] Makefile: configuration for SunOS 5.7 Brandon Casey
2008-08-18 23:57 ` [PATCH] dir.c: avoid c99 array initialization Brandon Casey
2008-08-28 15:32 ` David Kågedal
2008-08-28 15:41 ` Andreas Ericsson [this message]
2008-08-28 16:45 ` Brandon Casey
2008-08-28 18:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-08-28 21:01 ` Brandon Casey
2008-08-28 21:12 ` Alex Riesen
2008-08-28 21:45 ` Brandon Casey
2008-08-28 20:01 ` Alex Riesen
2008-08-28 20:16 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2008-08-28 20:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-08-28 22:47 ` [PATCH v2] dir.c: Avoid " Brandon Casey
2008-08-28 22:56 ` Alex Riesen
2008-08-28 23:03 ` Brandon Casey
2008-08-28 20:27 ` [PATCH] dir.c: avoid " Alex Riesen
2008-08-29 11:08 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-08-19 0:08 ` [PATCH FYI] reset,cat-file: remove const declaration from array Brandon Casey
2008-08-19 0:11 ` [PATCH FYI] test-lib.sh: work around ksh's trap shortcomings Brandon Casey
2008-08-19 0:13 ` [PATCH FYI] t1002-read-tree-m-u-2way.sh: use 'git diff -U0' rather than 'diff -U0' Brandon Casey
2008-08-19 0:18 ` [PATCH FYI] Work around sed issues Brandon Casey
2008-08-19 0:20 ` [PATCH FYI] t9301-fast-export.sh: don't unset config variable while we're skipping test 4 Brandon Casey
2008-08-19 0:20 ` [FYI] How I compile on SunOS 5.7 with the SUNWspro compiler and ksh Jeff King
2008-08-19 0:47 ` Brandon Casey
2008-08-19 2:01 ` Jeff King
2008-08-19 0:22 ` [PATCH FYI] t9700/test.pl: backwards compatibility improvements Brandon Casey
2008-09-15 11:54 ` Tom G. Christensen
2008-09-15 16:20 ` Brandon Casey
2008-09-15 16:32 ` Brandon Casey
2008-09-15 16:20 ` [PATCH 1/3] t9700/test.pl: no longer requires File::Basename Brandon Casey
2008-09-15 16:23 ` [PATCH 2/3] t9700/test.pl: avoid bareword 'STDERR' in 3-argument open() Brandon Casey
2008-09-15 16:25 ` [PATCH 3/3] t9700/test.pl: remove File::Temp requirement Brandon Casey
2008-09-15 18:27 ` Tom G. Christensen
2008-08-19 6:13 ` [FYI] How I compile on SunOS 5.7 with the SUNWspro compiler and ksh Alex Riesen
2008-08-19 15:42 ` Brandon Casey
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