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From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch 1/2] machine struct - use C99 initializers
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To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org

Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>
>   
>> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> P.S.: before somebody says that GCC is C99 compliant: search the 
>>> mailing list for the Beos GCC2 issue which was mentioned not long ago.
>>>       
>> GCC is sufficiently C99 compliant to handle this style of initializers. 
>> Maybe it's not C99 compliant enough for other stuff, but on this front 
>> it does just fine.
>>     
>
> I just wish you would have researched a bit better.  (And no, adding to 
> the pile does not make your intention any better.)
>
> Nobody ever disputed that _you_ have no problem with your patch.
>   

FWIW, we already use this feature in QEMU.  Is there a specific compiler 
you're concerned about?  QEMU won't compile on a compiler that doesn't 
support this construct right now and hasn't been able to for a very long 
time (years, if ever).

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Sigh,
> Dscho
>
>