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Re: Time for GCC 5.0? (TIC)
On 11/10/2012 04:45 AM, NightStrike wrote:
> Making c99 the default for gcc would be a great candidate for this.
> IIUC, gcc without -std=c99 will compile for c89. And if I read the
> manual correctly, it's because c99 isn't finished yet. gcc 5.0 should
> have a complete c99.
"Should" in what sense? The missing features are either library issues that
we can't do anything about or things that no-one cares about enough to
fix. GCC is, to all intents and purposes, C99 compatible.
See http://gcc.gnu.org/c99status.html
Andrew.