Re: Comma at end of enum lists

Jan Engelhardt
2008-03-29T18:24:36Z

On Saturday 2008-03-29 19:13, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> In a language with strict a comma-as-separator rule you can
>> get this benefit by placing the comma before new items rather
>> than after existing items:
>>
>> enum { FOO
>> ,FIE
>> ,FUM
>> };
>>
>> but luckily C doesn't need this perversion.
>
> Only since C99 (but GNU C never needed it either).

C had this for much longer than 99. Borland Turbo C from around 1990
(which you can expect to be C89 if you have luck) also allows , at the end.