From: Guy Harris <gharris@sonic.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 07:55:35 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: CONTRIBUTING: update to reflect that we require a C99 compiler. [skip ci]
X-Git-Tag: tcpdump-4.99.5~167
X-Git-Url: https://git.tcpdump.org/tcpdump/commitdiff_plain/1656633b87485d1f7f96869b44a686610deb08d5?ds=sidebyside

CONTRIBUTING: update to reflect that we require a C99 compiler. [skip ci]

In particular, // comments may now be used, along with other C99
features; however, C11 or later features should not be used.

(cherry picked from commit 72b158095904ff50dff77506fb50b904b1175a79)
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c7633078..9b405a5c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -349,7 +349,8 @@ and ask!
 
 *  Don't mix declarations and code.
 
-*  Don't use `//` for comments.
-   Not all C compilers accept C++/C99 comments by default.
+*  tcpdump requires a compiler that supports C99 or later, so C99
+   features may be used in code, but C11 or later features should not be
+   used.
 
 *  Avoid trailing tabs/spaces