C99 doesn't need function bodies, or 'VLAs are Turing complete'

Re:C99 doesn't need function bodies, or 'VLAs are Turing com... by chrisseaton on Thursday August 04, 2022 @04:31PM (#32347952)

> wants to make them mandatory again

What does 'mandatory' mean? Like if I write a C compiler without them... what are they going to do about it?

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Re:C99 doesn't need function bodies, or 'VLAs are Turing com... by mgraczyk on Thursday August 04, 2022 @04:36PM (#32348004)

Code that complies with the standard will be rejected by your compiler. The effect would probably be that few people would use your compiler.

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Re:C99 doesn't need function bodies, or 'VLAs are Turing com... by Inityx on Thursday August 04, 2022 @04:37PM (#32348021)

Most mainstream compilers aim to be standards compliant

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