Allen Briggs wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 05:36:05PM -0700, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> [ C99 initializers ]
>   
>> Okay, so not safe in the host tools, but in native only stuff its okay?
>>     
>
> In general, host tools must be as portable as possible and therefore
> we do want to stay away from C99 features.  For native code, C99
> features supported by the in-tree compilers (incl. 2.95 at the
> moment) are OK.
>
> As with any feature, my personal preference is to use it only where
> necessary.  Sometimes it's tempting to overuse features just because
> you can...
>   

There are a few cases where C99 constructs improve readability and
reduce the chance of mistakes.  Named structure and array initializers
are one such case.  Variadic macros (think DPRINTF()) would be nicer
too, I suppose, but probably don't offer much other than eliminating a
superfluous set of parens.)

    -- Garrett

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