Re: C99/GCC extensions?

Great! Thanks for the info.

-Ersin

On 4/14/11, Dominic Lachowicz <domlachowicz@gmail.com> wrote:
> AbiWord uses Glib. Glib has some branch annotation macros, and a bunch of
> other GCC/C99 macros that "do the right thing" for your toolchain. Eg:
>
> G_LIKELY, G_UNLIKELY
>
> The full list of macros supported is @
> http://developer.gimp.org/api/2.0/glib/glib-Miscellaneous-Macros.html
>
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Ersin Akinci <ersin.akinci@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was reading up on my Linux kernel development lore, and I just
>> learned about C99 and GCC-specific extensions to ANSI C. Does AbiWord
>> use these, or are they a no-no for portability? (I.e., do we support
>> MSVC, etc.?) I was especially wondering about branch annotation,
>> which would be very useful for the FV_View::_draw code I rewrote.
>>
>> -Ersin
>>
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>> Ersin Y. Akinci -- ersinakinci.com
>>
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What Digital Revolution? -- www.whatdigitalrevolution.com
Thinking critically about digital worlds.