Re: C99 support

[Paul Jarc]

Roger Leigh <address@hidden> wrote:
> Bob Friesenhahn <address@hidden> writes:
>> Is C99 really 100% upward compatible with the previous version of the
>> standard, or is it possibly more strict and include type changes which
>> might impact library ABIs?
>
> I believe that it's entirely compatible, providing you don't use the
> new datatypes.

You might use them without knowing it.  E.g., in C90, size_t fits in
unsigned long, but in C99, it may not.


paul