[gst-devel] Re: [gst-cvs] CVS: gstreamer/editor gsteditorbin.c,1.5,1.6 gsteditorcanvas.c,1.4,1.5 gsteditorconnection.c,1.4,1.5 gsteditorcreate.c,1.4,1.5 gsteditorelement.c,1.7,1.8 gsteditorpad.c,1.7,1.8 gsteditorpadtemplate.c,1.1,1.2 gsteditorprojectview.c,1.6,1.7 gsteditorproperty.c,1.12,1.13

[Bjorn Lindgren]

On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 22:39, David I. Lehn wrote:
> * Christian Schaller <theuraeus at users.sourceforge.net> [20011214 16:35]:
> > Log Message:
> > // comments no way! we are /* */ people here
> > 
> 
> Are there still compilers that don't understand //?
> Isn't this part of C99?
> Don't we have other GCCisms anyway?

Most (I have never seen one that does) other native ANSI C compilers for
other UNIX platforms dont accept //. For example these below dont like
it. Dont use GCC'isms or C++'isms in C it will only break things for
people trying to build on other platforms.

SUN Solaris - Forte C (formerly known as SUN WorkShop)
SGI IRIX - MIPS Pro
Tru64/Digital Unix
HP-UX - ACC


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