On Thursday 16 June 2016 14:36, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 2:19:33 AM UTC+12, MRAB wrote: > >> Coincidentally, there was recently a discussion on the python-dev list >> about whether to switch to C99. > > Only slightly less than a generation after it came out...
You say that as if this is the first time that anyone has raised this issue. It comes up, oh, at least once a year, sometimes more. Like the last few dozen times, the answer is still no, we still can't switch to requiring C99 yet, as there are still users that rely on compilers with partial support for C99. But unlike previous times, now we can begin to use some C99 features, provided they are available on the important C compilers we support. https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2016-June/144876.html You should read the whole thread before commenting: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2016-June/144816.html -- Steve -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
