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.