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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE]Call for voting: support use list in foreach
From: lars@strojny.net (Lars Strojny)


Am 27.08.2012 um 03:55 schrieb Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@lerdorf.com>:
[...]
> And we aren't just C89 anymore actually. We still try to stick to it
> when possible, but for example in the intl extension you will find C++
> and it won't build without it. The idea there is that any small =
embedded
> platform that may still only have C89 support is unlikely to link
> against the massive ICU library.
>=20
> But we may be at the point where even tiny embedded platforms have
> better compiler support and we don't need to stick to C89 anymore.

If I understand Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C99) correctly, =
C99 is not at all supported in MS Visual C++ (except non-standard =
extensions like __inline or __forceinline). So C99 might not be a good =
candidate for us just now. But I'm sure Pierre has more on that issue.

With regards,
Lars=