Re: C99 feature and MSVC v16

[Andy Moreton]

On Mon 10 Nov 2014, Paul Eggert wrote:

> Thanks, I installed something along those lines.  I see that MSVC finally
> started supporting declarations-after-statements last year (see below) --
> what, was Microsoft trying to set a record for being behind the times?
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2013/06/28/c-11-14-stl-features-fixes-and-breaking-changes-in-vs-2013.aspx

Microsoft still don't care in the slightest about C. The only reason
that they have finally added support for some elements of C99 is because
it is a normative reference in C++ 11. As they are keen on claiming a
high degree of conformance with C++ 11 for marketing purposes, they
have to implement some of the things they have been ignoring for a long
time.

Don't expect any C support in MSVC that isn't required by C++ standards.

    AndyM