[Mesa-dev] [PATCH] mesa: use c99 functions on non-linux platforms if supported

[Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn]

Ian Romanick <idr <at> freedesktop.org> writes:

> http://herbsutter.com/2012/05/03/reader-qa-what-about-vc-and-c99/
> 
> It seems that designated initializers may not be supported (ugh), but 
> most of the "slips" we've had over the years have been 
> mixed-code-and-declarations.

This piece of information may be out of date.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/06/c99-acknowledged-at-last-as-microsoft-lays-out-its-path-to-c14/

It appears that C99 designated initializers are on Microsoft's roadmap.
Generally their stance seems to have changed from "support C90 and the C
subset of C++" to "support C90, the C subset of C++ and C features that
ffmpeg uses".


Best regards,
Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn