[FFmpeg-devel] C99 or GCC extensions

[Ivan Kalvachev]

On 7/4/08, Axel Holzinger <aholzinger at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I post this question to ffmpeg-devel on purpose, because I think this
> has nothing to do with using FFmpeg (neither FFmpeg as an application
> nor libav).
>
> As a fairly longtime reader of ffmpeg-devel I'm convinced that FFmpeg
> is based on C99 rather than GCC.
>
> To my surprise I did find GCC specifics in the FFmpeg source code.
>
> For example I found:
> Variadic macros in GCC extension style
> statement blocks inside expressions
>
> My question is: Did the FFmpeg developers give up C99 compatibility in
> favour of GCC extensions (or did I only find remnants of pre C99
> code)?
>
> If not, what is the current policy on this and are patches welcome to
> remove GCC specifics in favour of C99?

Be more specific, give concrete examples and quotes.
Most of asm code is written in gcc asm style.

My personal opinion is that extensions should be avoided when possible.
This is - they should be used only for speed critical stuff.