Re: C23 support in Autoconf

2024-05-01 Thread Nick Bowler
On 2024-04-30 21:59, Jacob Bachmeyer wrote: > Paul Eggert wrote: >> While we're adding to our wishlist that should also be a >> configure-time option, not merely something in configure.ac. That >> way, one could test a tarball's portability without having to modify >> the source code. This is alre

Re: C23 support in Autoconf

2024-05-01 Thread Paul Eggert
On 2024-05-01 05:33, Nick Bowler wrote: Just configure with CFLAGS=-std=c99 or whatever. I was thinking along the same line. We should keep things simple. Using CFLAGS is a documented way to specify the compiler flags, and ideally there would be no need for a new feature in this area. Howev