On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 12:06:46PM -0400, Derrick Stolee wrote: > Forgive me, I probably missed a discussion about this > somewhere else on the list, but... > > Could you describe why we want GCC 4.8 in our CI? Is that a > compiler version that we officially support? What kind of > syntax triggers a problem on 4.8 versus latest? Try fb9d7431cf (travis-ci: build with GCC 4.8 as well, 2019-07-18). (found with "git log -Sgcc-4.8 ci"). The gist of it is to find variable declarations in for-loops. IMHO it may be more trouble than it's worth. If we can't find a compiler that complains on this construct, then maybe it is not a construct worth worrying too much about. -Peff
