Re: [AD] al_list_config_entries

[Chris <chris.kcat@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Evert Glebbeek wrote:
> As far as I know, Microsoft's compiler is actually a C++ compiler, which 
> means that they don't even have to support any C99 features to have a 
> fully complient compiler (the idea that `C++ is a superset of C' is no 
> longer true with C99).

Since Allegro is C, then that would imply that VC++ is inherently 
incompatible.

> However, I do think we shouldn't hold back on C99 too much. We can insert 
> preprocessor directives to work around incompatibilities between MSVC and 
> C99.

That can only go so far, though. C99 defines specific behaviors for 
constructs that are currently extensions in VC. You can add preprocessor 
directives to add in missing typedefs, but can you add preprocessor 
directives to make it (for example) handle variable-length arrays correctly?