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[Python-Dev] Does trunk still support any compilers that *don't* allow declaring variables after code?

[Python-Dev] Does trunk still support any compilers that *don't* allow declaring variables after code? [Python-Dev] Does trunk still support any compilers that *don't* allow declaring variables after code?R. David Murray rdmurray at bitdance.com
Wed May 2 16:12:01 CEST 2012
On Wed, 02 May 2012 21:37:35 +0800, Matt Joiner <anacrolix at gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 2, 2012 6:00 PM, "Antoine Pitrou" <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 02 May 2012 01:43:32 -0700
> > Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > I realize we can't jump to C99 because of A Certain Compiler.  (Its name
> > > rhymes with Bike Row Soft Frizz You All See Muss Muss.)  But even that
> > > compiler added this extension in the early 90s.
> > >
> > > Do we officially support any C compilers that *don't* permit
> > > "intermingled variable declarations and code"?  Do we *unofficially*
> > > support any?  And if we do, what do we gain?
> >
> > Well, there's this one called MSVC, which we support quite officially.
> 
> Not sure if comic genius or can't rhyme.

I had trouble with that rhyme, and I (unlike Antoine) am a native
English speaker.

--David
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