Re: [PATCH 04/16] Add embedded list interface (header only)

Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On Monday, June 25, 2012 05:15:43 PM Tom Lane wrote:
>> So you propose to define any compiler that strictly implements C99 as
>> not sensible and not one that will be able to compile Postgres?

> I propose to treat any compiler which has no way to get to equivalent 
> behaviour as not sensible. Yes.

Well, my response is "no".  I could see saying that we require (some) C99
features at this point, but not features that are in no standard, no
matter how popular gcc might be.

> I don't think there really are many of those 
> around. As you pointed out there is only one compiler in the buildfarm with 
> problems

This just means we don't have a wide enough collection of non-mainstream
machines in the buildfarm.  Deciding to break any platform with a
non-gcc-equivalent compiler isn't going to improve that.
        regards, tom lane