latest compiler support policy

diff --git a/README.developers b/README.developers
index e1045981b5366c5096869138cedc6bdfe84cd994..d0c1cdc1a8103e3bce9f5a946fd584fe42a08ce5 100644 (file)
--- a/README.developers
+++ b/README.developers
@@ -187,10 +187,9 @@ Code And Patches:
      (But if your new feature only makes sense on a given platform then
      obviously its new dependencies don't need to be available elsewhere.)
 
-   * GCCisms such as typeof are used; the configure script asks for -std=gnu99
-     by default.  At least one active user is still using GCC 2.95, so
-     extensions that only appear in later versions are to be avoided for the
-     time being.
+   * GCCisms such as typeof and C99isms such as mixed declarations and named
+     structure initializers are used; the configure script asks for -std=gnu99
+     by default.  Some supported platforms are still on GCC 4.0.
 
    * Please submit patches either using 'diff -u', or by publishing a bzr
      branch somewhere I can get at it.