Re: C99 ?
"Andrew R. Reiter" <[email protected]> Tue, 8 Feb 2005 17:44:31 +0000 (GMT)
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.security.libnet |
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On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, [iso-8859-1] Fr=E9d=E9ric Raynal wrote: : :Hello all, : :A new NG version will be released soon with almost all the protocols :supported. We are also working on the win32 compatibility. So, things :are going on :) : :However, I'd like to know your opinions about the C99 norm: should we :use some C99 features or not in libnet: : : [ ] Yes, use C99 as it brings many cool features for developpers : [ ] No, dont use C99 as it is not supported by oldest compilers : (VisualC6 for instance) : : :Mainly, the things I enjoy in C99: : - the definition snprintf() : - the format %zu when you want to print/scan size_t arguments : - the variadic macros (marcos with variable number of arguments). The macros would at least be nice. With increasing 64 bit architectures, keeping up with format argument specifiers is nice as well. -- Andrew R. Reiter [email protected] [email protected]