Hello, all,

on the https://www.musl-libc.org/faq.html says it requires a C99 compliant compiler with support for gcc style __asm__ statement.

is the the musl libc source C99 compliant?

Have a nice day.

Visda

On Thursday, 26 August 2021 at 15:15:09 UTC+1, visda.vo...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello, all,
>
> on the https://www.musl-libc.org/faq.html says it requires a C99 compliant compiler with support for gcc style __asm__ statement.
>
> is the the musl libc source C99 compliant?
>
> Have a nice day.

I doubt that the forum members are particularly well placed to comment on the compliance of a specific implementation of libc.

You'd do better engaging with musl's developers and user community.

I've had a quick look at their website and I'd suggest looking at the community Wiki - https://wiki.musl-libc.org/compatibility.html may be particularly relevant.

Beyond that, they appear to have a mailing list and an IRC channel. https://musl.libc.org/support.html

On 2021-08-26, Visda Vokhshoori <visda.vokhshoori@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, all,
>
> on the https://www.musl-libc.org/faq.html says it requires a C99 compliant compiler with support for gcc style __asm__ statement.
>
> is the the musl libc source C99 compliant?

I suspect you are misinterpreting this.

Most users of Musl do not interact with the source. They are developers
who use the library.

The FAQ is almost certainly saying that to use the header files of Musl
in your program, you are expected to be compiling in the C99 dialect.

If your compiler is in some other dialect (like one with nonconforming
extensions) then that is not supported. If it works, it works, but
don't file a bug report of it breaks, kind of thing.

--
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On 8/26/2021 7:15 AM, Visda Vokhshoori wrote:
>
> on the https://www.musl-libc.org/faq.html says it requires a C99 compliant compiler with support for gcc style __asm__ statement.
>
> is the the musl libc source C99 compliant?
>

Um... The page you linked (and quoted) clearly says that the library
source relies on `__asm__` statement, which basically makes the question
of "compliance" rather moot. By nature, `__asm__` statements are heavily
implementation-dependent.

Anyway, it is hard to address such questions without knowing what
triggered them. Why do you even care about compliance of a library
source? Standard library source is not required to be compliant to
anything. Only its external specification is.

--
Best regards,
Andrey Tarasevich

On Thursday, 26 August 2021 at 15:15:09 UTC+1, visda.vo...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello, all,
>
> on the https://www.musl-libc.org/faq.html says it requires a C99 compliant compiler with support for gcc style __asm__ statement.
>
> is the the musl libc source C99 compliant?
>
> Have a nice day.
>
The webpage says

For compiling and linking programs against musl, almost any standards-conforming C compiler (even pre-C99) should work.

So the interface is a conservative subset of C89, designed to work with practically any C compiler.
However to compile musl itself you will need a C99 compiler. Once you've got the binary, the linker will
link it, and you don't need to worry about what the source to the binary looked like.