php extension code must be c89 style

Question

I wrote a php extension: https://github.com/binpack/binpack-php, it works great and I want to submit this extension to PECL.

But they said that my code is C99 style and PHP except C89 style. I read somethings about C99 and C89.

And figure out some difference:

• stdbool.h
• inline vs __inline__

I think there are some problem in these 2 files:

• https://github.com/binpack/binpack-php/blob/master/bin_pack.c
• https://github.com/binpack/binpack-php/blob/master/bin_pack.h

I modified some of my code and used -std=gnu89 to test them. But I am not sure if there are still some problems.

My question is:

• How can I test if my code is c89 style?
• If anyone can point out the problems in my code, that will be great.

Answer 1

It won't warn about every feature not in C89, but

gcc -Wall -pedantic -std=c89 ...

is a good place to start.