On 15/07/2025 17:24, Junio C Hamano wrote:
That sounds good. I was wondering if it is easier to keep track of things to add a new section to the CodingGuildlines document, perhaps like this?
That's a good idea Thanks Phillip
Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git c/Documentation/CodingGuidelines w/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 6350949f2e..dd3dbb9c57 100644 --- c/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ w/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -298,6 +298,14 @@ For C programs: . since late 2021 with 44ba10d6, we have had variables declared in the for loop "for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)".+ 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
