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To help our developers, document what C99 language features are
being considered for adoption, in addition to what past experiments
have already decided.

* jc/document-test-balloons-in-flight:
  CodingGuidelines: document test balloons in flight
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Junio C Hamano
2025-08-01 11:27:13 -07:00
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@@ -301,6 +301,14 @@ For C programs:
. since late 2023 with 8277dbe987 we have been using the bool type . since late 2023 with 8277dbe987 we have been using the bool type
from <stdbool.h>. from <stdbool.h>.
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: New C99 features that we cannot use yet:
. %z and %zu as a printf() argument for a size_t (the %z being for . %z and %zu as a printf() argument for a size_t (the %z being for