Re: advisory locks patch

[Derek Robert Price]

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Mark D. Baushke wrote:

> |    ISO C99 and ISO C++ allow declarations and code to be freely mixed
> | within compound statements.  As an extension, GCC also allows this in
> | C89 mode.  For example, you could do:
> |
> |      int i;
> |      /* ... */
> |      i++;
> |      int j = i + 2;
> |
> |    Each identifier is visible from where it is declared until the
> end of
> | the enclosing block.
>
> However, older compilers will still have problems, so it probably is
> better to avoid this particular kind of code if possible.


Yes.  So far, we have been deferring to GNULIB in their choice of
compiler support and, currently, that means we assume only a
freestanding C89 compiler, as mentioned in this thread
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cvs/2003-07/msg00174.html> and
in the "HACKING" file.  Basically, I think we agreed that assuming C99
would not cover enough common development environments yet..

Cheers,

Derek
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