Tag: Linux619
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Linux Kernel Readies to Adopt Microsoft C Extensions for ‘Cleaner’ Code
The Linux Kernel developers are preparing to enable Microsoft C Extensions support during kernel compilation. Two patches recently merged into the kbuild-next development tree introduce the compiler flag -fms-extensions for both GCC and LLVM/Clang, allowing the use of non-standard C language constructs traditionally employed in Microsoft Visual C/C++. If accepted without objection, these changes could…