Re: C99 support

[Austin Schutz]

On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 04:36:55PM -0600, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Roger Leigh wrote:
> >
> >So would something like my proposed AC_PROG_CC_C99 macro be good as a
> >start?  It would be optional, and simply check if a compiler
> >previously found with AC_PROG_CC can be put into a C99 mode.  This
> >would be good for what I want--a portable way to get a C99 compiler,
> >and would be useful for others as well.
> 
> I am in favor of the AC_PROG_CC_C99 macro.  My only concern was that 
> open source software might actually depend on it. :-)
> 
> >>The use of C++-style comments in open source C code is suspect. IBM's
> >>AIX C compiler does not support them.
> >
> >But it's not a C99 compiler, is it? ;-)
> 
> No, it is not.  It is a perfectly good compiler though, capable of 
> creating powerful programs which do useful things.
> 

        How about a powerful program to recognize and parse //?

        Sorry, couldn't resist. :-)

        Austin