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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-08-01 11:27:13 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-08-01 11:27:13 -0700 |
| commit | cbcde15e7316a28f9deb49b4f48e9748b5a903d2 (patch) | |
| tree | 8e97ad7c288435f126846600fc65944323346142 | |
| parent | 8ad370f6683516954bc2f131c3474b0bd3fccc9c (diff) | |
| parent | 9b2527caa4886dd9c7a1e4fb943f7c6484542c45 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'jc/document-test-balloons-in-flight'
To help our developers, document what C99 language features are
being considered for adoption, in addition to what past experiments
have already decided.
* jc/document-test-balloons-in-flight:
CodingGuidelines: document test balloons in flight
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 528b42d1dd..f474120425 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -301,6 +301,14 @@ For C programs: . since late 2023 with 8277dbe987 we have been using the bool type from <stdbool.h>. + C99 features we have test balloons for: + + . since late 2024 with v2.48.0-rc0~20, we have test balloons for + compound literal syntax, e.g., (struct foo){ .member = value }; + our hope is that no platforms we care about have trouble using + them, and officially adopt its wider use in mid 2026. Do not add + more use of the syntax until that happens. + New C99 features that we cannot use yet: . %z and %zu as a printf() argument for a size_t (the %z being for |