Re: [Python-Dev] which C language standard CPython must conform to

2012-02-08 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Some quick searching shows that there is at least hope Microsoft is on > board with C++11x (not so surprising, their crown jewels are written > in C++). We should at some point demand a C++ compiler for CPython > and pick of subset of C++ features to allow use of but that is likely > reserved fo

Re: [Python-Dev] which C language standard CPython must conform to

2012-02-07 Thread Gregory P. Smith
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:41 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Am 07.02.2012 20:10, schrieb Gregory P. Smith: >> Why do we still care about C89?  It is 2012 and we're talking about >> Python 3.  What compiler on what platform that anyone actually cares >> about does not support C99? > > As Amaury says