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Expand Up @@ -586,10 +586,8 @@ it portable enough to meet our multi-platform support goals.

## Chapter 14: Portability

To maximise portability the version of C defined in ISO/IEC 9899:1990
should be used. This is more commonly referred to as C90. ISO/IEC 9899:1999
(also known as C99) is not supported on some platforms that OpenSSL is
used on and therefore should be avoided.
The version of C defined in ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (C99) should be used.
Features that became optional in ISO/IEC 9899:2011 (C11) should not be used.
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Should this change apply to 3.1 and newer releases only?

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That was at least the intention. How do we handle such changes in other policies? just add some text saying it only applies to 3.1 and later?

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just add some text saying it only applies to 3.1 and later?

Yes, I think so.


## Chapter 15: Miscellaneous

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