On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, Pierre Habouzit wrote:

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> On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 04:26:14PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > No, they are not, since we do not allow such backwards incompatibilifiers 
> > to creep into git's code.
> > 
> > Yes, I know some would prefer the latest and greatest, and another 
> > language altogether, but keep this in mind: what if somebody made git 
> > incompatible with _your_ setup?  So really, don't do it to others that 
> > lightly.
> 
>   It has nothing to do with latest. I feel that if for some reason
> transport_ops need a new function, it will break silentely, whereas if
> you use:

No.

Git is meant to be compilable with as many C compilers as reasonably 
possible, including old compilers found on some systems that don't 
understand C99 initializers.

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> it's what the kernel does e.g.. I wasn't suggesting anything else.

The Linux kernel is a different story. It is intimately tied to gcc and 
heavily relies on gcc extensions already.  That makes it impossible to 
compile with anything else than gcc or a gcc clone.


Nicolas
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