Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH 0/1] Add _XOPEN_SOURCE feature test macro

[felix . winkelmann]

> I really hate playing this stupid game of whack-a-mole with header
> definitions (there seems to be no sane combination of definitions that
> will work on all OSes).  Instead, I think it's better to just give in
> and add the --std=gnu99 on all platforms where we're using gcc and clang.
> I'd appreciate if you guys could test this on a x86_64 Windows to see
> if that also fixes the warnings you saw before.

I agree that any attempt to find the right combination of macros
will be an endless trial-and-error. I think that won't lead aynwhere.

I usually use -std=gnu99 for most C code I compile nowadays.


felix