Re: C99 ?

On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 05:44:31PM +0000, Andrew R. Reiter wrote:
>=20
>=20
> On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, [iso-8859-1] Fr=E9d=E9ric Raynal wrote:
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> :
> :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).
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> The macros would at least be nice.  With increasing 64 bit architecture=
s,
> keeping up with format argument specifiers is nice as well.

True ! I forgot to mention the "long long" type too.

	Fred