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Re: [Tinycc-devel] TCC C99 / C11
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Re: [Tinycc-devel] TCC C99 / C11 |
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Wed, 13 Sep 2023 15:41:01 +0200 |
Detlef Riekenberg wrote:
> (Keep in mind the goals for tcc:
> simple with a high compilation speed)
+1
On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 08:34:00AM -0400, John Mastronardo via Tinycc-devel
wrote:
> Strive for a fully compatible C99, published as a stable C99 1.0 release as
> soon as possible. Call this your “production” C compiler, always available
> for download, just as on the Fabrice Bellard website. Then, separately,
> continue to build in C11 compatibility with ongoing “test” releases. That
> way, at least, programmers can depend on their code always compiling properly
> using your 1.0 compiler, while work is later being done on your C11 release.
+1
Predictability of the compiler's behaviour is valuable by itself.
A presence of a "stable" version maintained with bugfixes (remaining
deviations from C99 could be seen as bugs) would bring additional value
immediately.
/tccm