[Geany-Devel] Lets move to C99

[Frank Lanitz]

Am 2013-08-16 10:21, schrieb Matthew Brush:
> On 13-08-16 01:18 AM, Frank Lanitz wrote:
>> Am 2013-08-16 08:36, schrieb Lex Trotman:
>>> In general I don't see any point in keeping compatibility with a 
>>> standard
>>> as old as C89, what target (that we support) still needs that?
>> 
>> 
>> IIRC this was due to on Solaris system and others C99 was not fully
>> supported. Honestly I have no clue what's the current status at this 
>> as
>> with upgrading Gtk-dependency in past we might have lost the 
>> C89-compat.
>> already.
>> 
> 
> AFAIK we and GTK+ still conform to strict C89 including recent GTK+3
> updates, but I think C99 support in GCC (our main targeted compiler)
> is quite robust for a long time on all targets where Geany is used
> (presumably).

There were some real old plattforms to keep on supporting running a gcc 
2.9x ... IIRC Solaris 9.

We have to check the *x-world beside of Linux I think here.

Cheers,
Frank