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([2a0a:ef40:7a5:4701:8cee:45ed:2bd5:e17c]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-4562e802ae4sm22682965e9.13.2025.07.16.07.29.59 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 16 Jul 2025 07:29:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:29:51 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird From: Phillip Wood Reply-To: phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH] strbuf: add compound literal test balloon To: Junio C Hamano , Patrick Steinhardt Cc: git@vger.kernel.org References: <7ac55a5096c261b706f47ca239c381f71db2b67a.1752499653.git.phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk> Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 15/07/2025 17:24, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > That sounds good. I was wondering if it is easier to keep track of > things to add a new section to the CodingGuildlines document, > perhaps like this? That's a good idea Thanks Phillip > Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 8 ++++++++ > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) > > diff --git c/Documentation/CodingGuidelines w/Documentation/CodingGuidelines > index 6350949f2e..dd3dbb9c57 100644 > --- c/Documentation/CodingGuidelines > +++ w/Documentation/CodingGuidelines > @@ -298,6 +298,14 @@ For C programs: > . since late 2021 with 44ba10d6, we have had variables declared in > the for loop "for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)". > > + C99 features we have test balloons for: > + > + . since late 2024 with v2.48.0-rc0~20, we have test balloons for > + compound literal syntax, e.g., (struct foo){ .member = value }; > + our hope is that no platforms we care about have trouble using > + them, and officially adopt its wider use in mid 2026. Do not add > + more use of the syntax until that happens. > + > New C99 features that we cannot use yet: > > . %z and %zu as a printf() argument for a size_t (the %z being for