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

[Matt Joiner]

On May 2, 2012 6:00 PM, "Antoine Pitrou" <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>
> 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.

Not sure if comic genius or can't rhyme.

>
> Regards
>
> Antoine.
>
>
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