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-* Use ANSI/ISO standard C (the 1989 version of the standard). This |
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- means (amongst many other things) that all declarations must be at |
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- the top of a block (not necessarily at the top of function). |
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+* Python versions before 3.6 use ANSI/ISO standard C (the 1989 version |
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+ of the standard). This means (amongst many other things) that all |
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+ declarations must be at the top of a block (not necessarily at the |
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+ top of function). |
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+* Python versions greater than or equal to 3.6 use C89 with several |
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+ select C99 features: |
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+ - Standard integer types in ``<stdint.h>`` and ``<inttypes.h>`` |
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+ - ``static inline`` functions |
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+ - designated initializers (especially nice for type declarations) |
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+ - intermingled declarations |
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+ - booleans |
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+ Future C99 features may be added to this list in the future |
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+ depending on compiler support (mostly significantly MSVC). |
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* Don't use GCC extensions (e.g. don't write multi-line strings |
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without trailing backslashes). |