On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 12:40:07PM -0600, Jack O'Quin wrote: > Chris Cannam <cannam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On Thursday 04 Nov 2004 16:18, Jack O'Quin wrote: > > > While you're at it, it doesn't compile with gcc-2.95 either (due to > > > C99-style declarations in the middle of compound statements)... > > > > Damn it, I hate the fact that C allows that now. I only ever do it by > > accident (the C++ side of my brain taking over) and it bothers me that the > > compiler no longer rejects it. > > While the language change is clearly an improvement, it's annoying > because portable programs still need to support the old compilers for > a few more years. > > I'd think gcc-3.x would have an option to warn about this usage. Yes, so would I, I think it should do it if you specify --std=c89, but it doesn't seem to. There may be some -W flag I've missed. - Steve
