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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-07-24 16:06:23 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-07-24 16:06:24 -0700 |
| commit | c239410df92b396bbfe2fcb79211d897be7b02b1 (patch) | |
| tree | 95c0cbbaa358567b3fd41f3019cef63889b5f6f4 | |
| parent | Merge branch 'ag/imap-send-list-folders-doc' into next (diff) | |
| parent | CodingGuidelines: document test balloons in flight (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'jc/document-test-balloons-in-flight' into next
To help our developers, document what C99 language features are
being considered for adoption, in addition to what past experiments
have already decided.
* jc/document-test-balloons-in-flight:
CodingGuidelines: document test balloons in flight
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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 528b42d1dd..f474120425 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -301,6 +301,14 @@ For C programs: . since late 2023 with 8277dbe987 we have been using the bool type from <stdbool.h>. + C99 features we have test balloons for: + + . since late 2024 with v2.48.0-rc0~20, we have test balloons for + compound literal syntax, e.g., (struct foo){ .member = value }; + our hope is that no platforms we care about have trouble using + them, and officially adopt its wider use in mid 2026. Do not add + more use of the syntax until that happens. + New C99 features that we cannot use yet: . %z and %zu as a printf() argument for a size_t (the %z being for |