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@@ -298,6 +298,17 @@ For C programs:
. since late 2021 with 44ba10d6, we have had variables declared in
the for loop "for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)".
+ . since late 2023 with 8277dbe987 we have been using the bool type
+ from <stdbool.h>.
+
+ C99 features we have test balloons for:
+
+ . since late 2024 with v2.48.0-rc0~20, we have test balloons for
+ compound literal syntax, e.g., (struct foo){ .member = value };
+ our hope is that no platforms we care about have trouble using
+ them, and officially adopt its wider use in mid 2026. Do not add
+ more use of the syntax until that happens.
+
New C99 features that we cannot use yet:
. %z and %zu as a printf() argument for a size_t (the %z being for