Re: C99 support

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Paul Eggert wrote on Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 10:56:29PM CET:
> Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Have you checked there is no compiler which will compile your test
> > program but not general C99 in its `C89 plus extensions' mode?
> 
> The Autoconf Way is to first put the compiler into "C99 plus
> extensions" mode, and then to check how much of C99 (and how many
> extensions) you really get.  It's OK if the compiler doesn't support
> all the C99 features, as long as it supports some of them, and so long
> as turning on "C99 plus extensions" mode doesn't break something
> important.

Good.  That sounds much better.

Regards,
Ralf