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

R. David Murray rdmurray at bitdance.com
Wed May 2 16:12:01 CEST 2012


On Wed, 02 May 2012 21:37:35 +0800, Matt Joiner <anacrolix at gmail.com> wrote:

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.

I had trouble with that rhyme, and I (unlike Antoine) am a native English speaker.

--David



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