Re: [tz] make error

On 2023-11-16 21:04, Robert Elz via tz wrote:

This does suggest though that for something like tzcode, which is used everywhere, requiring C99 anytime soon might be a mistake

Not sure this particular example suggests that, as Alois merely needs to compile with --std=gnu11 (or --std=gnu99 or -DPORT_TO_C89 or whatever). C99 came out decades ago, support for the C99 features that tzcode uses by default is reasonably universal now, and there's always -DPORT_TO_C89 for any museum pieces. For what it's worth, I help maintain other packages like GNU coreutils that are quite widely ported. Coreutils started using these C99 features in 2009 and it hasn't been a significant porting problem in practice.