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On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 8:54 AM Jim Jagielski <jim@jagunet.com> wrote:
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> I'm guessing we all heard the news that Linux is switching
> to c99 from c89.
>
> Time for us to consider it as well?

I thought they were skipping over c99 and going to c11.
I think httpd has an extra wrinkle with legacy OS and compiler
combinations (I certainly do in the distribution I look after).

It would be nice to keep it optional (like the PCRE thing) or limited
to new modules or something post-2.4 but I recognize those are all
kind of a lot to ask.

Hi Jim,

I read Linus' statements on it and it really had to do with a technical
use case that I think this article spells out well:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-prepares-to-move-the-linux-kernel-to-modern-c/

I think we need something similar.  What is the reason for this change
besides just modernizing?

Regards,
KAM

On 3/3/2022 8:54 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote:
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> I'm guessing we all heard the news that Linux is switching
> to c99 from c89.
>
> Time for us to consider it as well?

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