On 11/2/22 18:29, Michael Wojcik via openssl-users wrote:
From: openssl-users <openssl-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Phillip
Susi
Sent: Wednesday, 2 November, 2022 11:45
The only thing to fix is don't put your compiler in strict C90 mode.
I'm inclined to agree. While there's an argument for backward compatibility, C99 was standardized nearly a quarter of a century ago. OpenSSL 1.x is younger than C99. It doesn't seem like an unreasonable requirement.
But as Tomas wrote, anyone who thinks it is can submit a pull request.
The more that I dig into this and look at the new OpenSSL 3.x the
more I am inclined to think C99 is good enough. Everywhere. Also I doubt
that the age of the thing matters much. The portability does.
Now I await with a flame proof suit for someone to yell "rewrite it
all in rust!" Not bloodly likely.
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