[Python-Dev] C99
Guido van Rossum
guido at python.org
Sat Jun 4 13:47:38 EDT 2016
Funny. Just two weeks ago I was helping someone who discovered a
compiler that doesn't support the new relaxed variable declaration
rules. I think it was on Windows. Maybe this move is a little too
aggressively deprecating older Windows compilers?
On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Christian Heimes <christian at python.org> wrote:
> On 2016-06-03 23:11, Benjamin Peterson wrote:
>> PEP 7 requires CPython to use C code conforming to the venerable C89
>> standard. Traditionally, we've been stuck with C89 due to poor C support
>> in MSVC. However, MSVC 2013 and 2015 implement the key features of C99.
>> C99 does not offer anything earth-shattering; here are the features I
>> think we'd find most interesting:
>> - Variable declarations can be on any line: removes possibly the most
>> annoying limitation of C89.
>> - Inline functions: We can make Py_DECREF and Py_INCREF inline functions
>> rather than unpleasant macros.
>> - C++-style line comments: Not an killer feature but commonly used.
>> - Booleans
>> In summary, some niceties that would make CPython hacking a little more
>> fun.
>>
>> So, what say you to updating PEP 7 to allow C99 features for Python 3.6
>> (in so much as GCC and MSVC support them)?
>
> +1
>
> - We never officially deprecated C89 platforms withou 64 bit integers in
> PEP 7. Victor's changes to pytime.h implies support for uint64_t and
> int64_t. C99 has mandatory long long int support.
>
> - If we also drop Solaris Studio C compiler support, we can replace
> header guards (e.g. #ifndef Py_PYTHON_H) with #pragma once
>
> Christian
>
>
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