[Python-Dev] Does trunk still support any compilers that *don't* allow declaring variables after code?

[Dirkjan Ochtman]

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org> wrote:
> Do we officially support any C compilers that *don't* permit "intermingled
> variable declarations and code"?  Do we *unofficially* support any?  And if
> we do, what do we gain?

This might be of interest:

http://herbsutter.com/2012/05/03/reader-qa-what-about-vc-and-c99/?nope

Specifically, apparently MSVC 2010 supports variable declarations in
the middle of a block in C.

Also, since full C99 support won't be coming to MSVC, perhaps Python
should move to compiling in C++ mode?

Cheers,

Dirkjan