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Re: Allow C99/C11 in bfd?
- From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- To: Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger at google dot com>, binutils at sourceware dot org
- Cc: gdb at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 11:50:16 +0000
- Subject: Re: Allow C99/C11 in bfd?
- References: <CAPTJ0XGOYJf9Q_bdgHcLe9+PUp910NxXQsswfVht-=dBRbdDWA@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Christian,
> I noticed that bfd is currently using C89. I was wondering if there
> are any thoughts on allowing C99/C11 in there? It would be nice to be
> able to declare variables at the time of first use, among other useful
> features.
I would be willing to consider such a change, provided that there are
no strenuous objections...
> (I'm not even going to ask about C++, although I think that would be nice)
Bah! Real programmers don't use C++! Just joking of course,
but I seriously doubt that we will want to change the code base
now. Speaking personally I am much more comfortable with C
than with C++, but that is probably just me.
Cheers
Nick