GNU bug report logs - #59435
29.0.50; tree-sitter fails to fontify or indent simple function

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Message #23 received at 59435 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, 59435 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, casouri <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#59435: 29.0.50;
 tree-sitter fails to fontify or indent simple function
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 18:38:30 -0500

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  > It's K&R C, which is used very rarely these days, and it sounds like the
  > next version of GCC will reject it, since C2x makes it invalid.

The GNU policy is to continue supporting old forms of syntax for many
years after the latest version of a language specification has
deprecated it.  Old programs are sometimes very important.  We should
refuse to aid the crusades to compel people to "upgrade".

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Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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