[CELT-dev] CELT grabbing 100KB of memory right off the top

[Ross Bencina]

Timothy B. Terriberry:
> What's wrong with passing -Drestrict ? Anything can be a macro in C.

What's wrong with writing portable code that can compile out of the box with 
compilers other than gcc?

imho if code is intended to be portable, C99 features should be used as an 
optional enhancement, not a baseline requirement. Code can (and should) be 
written accordingly. For example, detect if restrict is available rather 
than assuming it is.

I have experienced the same hurdles trying to get CELT to compile under 
non-gcc compilers and I too find it surprising that a baseline 
implementation like this would assume C99 as a requirement.

Ross.
(a CELT user who uses multiple compiler toolchains on a daily basis)