Roland Mainz wrote:
>Hi!
>
>----
>
>Does anyone know whether it is possible to use C99 features in a shared
>library which is used by older applications ?
>
>For example would it be possible to use C99 features such as |int
>getrpcbynumber(int arg1, /* ... */) { char buff[arg1]; /* ... */ }| in a
>library such as libnsl (without breaking backwards-compatibillity) ?
>
>
>
It shouldn't matter as long as you don't add any C99 features to a
public interface.
You could even use C++, provided no one knows :)
Ian
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