Author: Rainer Weikusat Date: To: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] An Anti-Initsystem
Andrew Bower <andrew@???> writes: > Hi Rainer,
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 11:17:48AM +0100, Rainer Weikusat via Dng wrote:
>> The advantage of omitting the name when the parameter isn't meant to be
>> used is that it avoids a warning about an unused parameter. But I think
>> this should support C99 and hence, will change it accordingly.
>
> Why not stick with the new C standard as the baseline for a new project?
> It's rare enough one gets a chance to do this and C23 has some solid
> improvements!
I would if this was a commmercial project where it would be reasonable
to require a mininmum compiler version because having to declare signal
handlers with an int argument I've never used for anything in the past
25 years has been annoying me for a while. But since this is a (tiny but
planned to grow somewhat) open source project, a more conservative
approach seems sensible. Especially considering the "If Rust doesn't
support it, it's just not important because REAL PEOPLE® don't use it!"
noises I've been hearing here and there for some time.