[Python-Dev] Does trunk still support any compilers that *don't* allow declaring variables after code?

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Wed, 02 May 2012 01:43:32 -0700
Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org> wrote:
> 
> I realize we can't jump to C99 because of A Certain Compiler.  (Its name 
> rhymes with Bike Row Soft Frizz You All See Muss Muss.)  But even that 
> compiler added this extension in the early 90s.
> 
> Do we officially support any C compilers that *don't* permit 
> "intermingled variable declarations and code"?  Do we *unofficially* 
> support any?  And if we do, what do we gain?

Well, there's this one called MSVC, which we support quite officially.

Regards

Antoine.