On 11/15/2017 04:53 PM, Jiří Zárevúcky wrote: > On 15 November 2017 at 16:36, Jakub Jermář <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 11/15/2017 04:21 PM, Jiří Zárevúcky wrote: >>>> Out of curiosity, which C89-only code is being compiled against libposix? >>>> >>> >>> libuv compiles as C89. It would probably work just fine as C99, but as >>> restrict >>> shows, compatibility between different C revisions is not a 100% thing, so >>> I'd rather fix the headers once, than review and patch each legacy codebase >>> individually. We don't have many ports right now, but as our libraries >>> improve, >>> that should change. ;) >> >> I don't like that a third-party C89 lib is forcing compromises onto >> HelenOS. I think the effort should go in the opposite direction: make >> things compatible with HelenOS (and the standards it uses) rather than >> making HelenOS compatible with whatever limitations third-party code can >> impose. >> > > I mean, you are proposing that a lifetime of patching old codebases is > preferable > to a single one-minute change with literally no downsides. That outright > contradicts the principle of least insanity.
No. I would suggest compiling libuv with a more modern standard (there are GitHub issues and tickets suggesting c99 should be possible). If it is possible, problem solved. Otherwise I would prefer to move libuv forwards rather than moving HelenOS backwards or sideways. Jakub _______________________________________________ HelenOS-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.modry.cz/listinfo/helenos-devel
