Re: C++ compiler

On 06/24/2013 09:16 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
>> Right. I don't think there are any C features we want to avoid;  are
>> there any?
>
> We're avoiding C99-and-later features that are not in C89, such as //
> for comments, as well as more useful things.  It might be time to
> reconsider whether we should move the baseline portability requirement
> up to C99.

The problem here is we lose the MS compilers which are not being updated 
for C99.

JD


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