[Python-Dev] Does trunk still support any compilers that don't allow declaring variables after code? (original) (raw)

Matt Joiner anacrolix at gmail.com
Wed May 2 15:37:35 CEST 2012


On May 2, 2012 6:00 PM, "Antoine Pitrou" <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:

On Wed, 02 May 2012 01:43:32 -0700 Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org> wrote: > > I realize we can't jump to C99 because of A Certain Compiler. (Its name > rhymes with Bike Row Soft Frizz You All See Muss Muss.) But even that > compiler added this extension in the early 90s. > > Do we officially support any C compilers that don't permit > "intermingled variable declarations and code"? Do we unofficially > support any? And if we do, what do we gain? Well, there's this one called MSVC, which we support quite officially.

Not sure if comic genius or can't rhyme.

Regards Antoine.


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