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Re: C99
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:48:52 +0300
- Subject: Re: C99
- References: <87wqoqi5yf dot fsf at fleche dot redhat dot com>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:51:36 -0600
>
> So, I'd like to propose we allow the use of C99 in gdb. In particular I
> think we ought to require a C99 preprocessor -- enabling this particular
> patch to go in and also allowing the use of "//" comments.
I can understand the C99 requirement (although many GNU projects still
don't) where it allows better programming practices. But the //
comment style doesn't make anything easier or more efficient, it's
just different.