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It's kinda funny that people are still arguing about C99 adoption considering that C11/C17 are more widely supported than C99 is (due to it making some features
by TazeTSchnitzel 4y ago
It's kinda funny that people are still arguing about C99 adoption considering that C11/C17 are more widely supported than C99 is (due to it making some features optional). Microsoft's compiler supports C11.
Honestly I find it hard to understand sticking with C89. Even just the ability to sink variable declarations to the point of first assignment can make code a lot more readable and maintainable.
- david2ndaccount 4y agoYeah, declare anywhere avoids a lot of uninitialized variable bugs.
- attractivechaos 4y ago> Honestly I find it hard to understand sticking with C89. C89 is the only C version with almost universal support across platforms and compilers (including ancient one). Requiring C99 may break backward compatibility and breaking compatibility, even just for a tiny fraction of users, is a lot worse than where to define variables.