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    Phoronix: libXvMC Updated, Drops Pre-C89 Support

    While most modern Linux video acceleration is done via VDPAU or VA-API, if you're still using XvMC for MPEG-2 acceleration, a new version of this X11 library is now available...

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    Someone would expect to see 100 lines dropped, but nope, it's like 10 lines of ifdef... not much worth mentioning...

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    • #3
      The Mailinglist link point back to the same blog post.

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      • #4
        I would require at least a C99 compiler if it was me

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        • #5
          Originally posted by pouar View Post
          I would require at least a C99 compiler if it was me
          Make it C11, that is a super/subset of C99 removing the parts of C99 no compiler ever implemented, and adding new neat stuff.

          Or simply make it C compiled by C++98 compiler like gcc is doing.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by okias View Post
            Someone would expect to see 100 lines dropped, but nope, it's like 10 lines of ifdef... not much worth mentioning...
            Every preprocessor usage reduction caused by moving to a newer standard should come imo be considered a significant win no matter how many lines it was

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            • #7
              Originally posted by carewolf View Post
              Make it C11, that is a super/subset of C99 removing the parts of C99 no compiler ever implemented, and adding new neat stuff.

              Or simply make it C compiled by C++98 compiler like gcc is doing.
              C11 sounds good. I wouldn't make it C++98 as a lot of people (including me) like C more than C++ (using C libraries in C++ is easier than using C++ libraries in C, although it can obviously be done) and C is the common denominator in almost every single programming language and system. Plus I can do more efficient code in C than C++.

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