From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10468 invoked by alias); 17 Jul 2013 03:49:11 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 10443 invoked by uid 89); 17 Jul 2013 03:49:11 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_NO,RDNS_NONE,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 Received: from Unknown (HELO mtaout22.012.net.il) (80.179.55.172) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Wed, 17 Jul 2013 03:49:09 +0000 Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MQ200H00AKJM600@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for gdb@sourceware.org; Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:48:47 +0300 (IDT) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MQ200HF6ALAAFB0@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:48:47 +0300 (IDT) Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 03:49:00 -0000 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: C99 In-reply-to: <87wqoqi5yf.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> To: Tom Tromey Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii Message-id: <838v153kyj.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87wqoqi5yf.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> X-SW-Source: 2013-07/txt/msg00052.txt.bz2 > From: Tom Tromey > 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.