[POLL] C99, declaration after statement

[Bruno Haible]

All,

Jim Meyering wrote:
> I will then do what I did for a few years with coreutils:
> 
>     Manually maintain a C99-to-C89 patch for each of the few .c files
>     that deserve the effort, like fts.c.
>     Then, people who require C89 sources can apply the patch manually.
>     Or, who knows... maybe gnulib-tool will be extended to apply the
>     patch for them, say when given a --c89 option.

What do the gnulib users think?

Can we have a poll?

1) Is it important for you that what you get from gnulib can be compiled
   with a C89 compiler (gcc 2.95, IRIX cc, MSVC)?

2) Is it important for you that gnulib-tool displays information about whether
   what you imported from gnulib can be compiled with a C89 compiler?

3) Is it important for you that you can tell gnulib-tool whether it should
   accept or reject to import code from gnulib that cannot be compiled with
   a C89 compiler?

Please answer in public.

Bruno
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