Re: C23 support in Autoconf

On 4/30/24 12:16, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 2024-04-30 12:03, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>> Another reason to want this type of control is if you are deliberately trying
>> to ensure that your code continues to compile with old compilers.
> 
> While we're adding to our wishlist that should also be a configure-time option, 
> not merely something in configure.ac. That way, one could test a tarball's 
> portability without having to modify the source code.

Yes, it would be appreciated by distro builders and other packagers if
there was a simple way to continue to build an older code base with an
older standard even if we patch the configure.ac script and run autoreconf
with a newer autoconf release.

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