[MPlayer-cvslog] r27240 - trunk/configure

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 03:25:39AM +0300, Uoti Urpala wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-07-13 at 01:58 +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > > Nonsense.  Before this change, we were using -std=gnu89, which is what
> > > gcc defaults to.
> > 
> > Before that we where using the default, now we explicitly ask for the gnu99
> > dialect.
> 
> Yes before that MPlayer was using the default, and that default was
> -std=gnu89. 

no strcmp("", "-std=gnu89") != 0


> So MPlayer relied on C99 features being present as GNU
> extensions in the C89 mode. 

MPlayer relied on the compiler supporting some C99 features.


[...]
> 
> Changing from the default -std=gnu89 to -std=gnu99 does NOT in any way
> make the mode any more "GNU dialect" than it was before. 

no, but we used the default NOT an explicit "-std=gnu89"


> In a future gcc
> version the default will change to -std=gnu99 too.

no, it maybe will. This isnt certain at all, also it is not certain what
gnu99 or gnu89 will mean in future gcc versions.

[...]
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Michael     GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB

If a bugfix only changes things apparently unrelated to the bug with no
further explanation, that is a good sign that the bugfix is wrong.
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