On Mar 7, 2013, at 2:28 PM, Dimitry Andric wrote: > On 2013-03-07 21:22, Tijl Coosemans wrote: > ... >> Because it's the practical thing to do? Old code/makefiles can't possibly >> be expected to know about compilers of the future, while new code can be >> expected to add -std=c11. > > I am not sure I buy that argument; if it were so, we should default to > K&R C instead, since "old code" (for some arbitrary definition of "old") > could never have been expected to know about gcc defaulting to gnu89.
-std=c11 is defintely too new, but maybe c89 is too old. I thought the c89 program actually was mandated by POSIX, no? Warner _______________________________________________ freebsd-toolchain@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-toolchain To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-toolchain-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
