Allow a lot more C99 features

Flexible array members are supported by gcc, clang and even MSVC2013.
Note, so far it was only used in the Windows-specific airpcap.h.

Trailing commas in enum declaration are already in use since for
these dissectors (commit ID is the first occurrence):
epan/dissectors/packet-gluster.h v2.1.0rc0-1070-g3b706ba
epan/dissectors/packet-ipv6.c v2.1.2rc0-81-ge07b4aa
epan/dissectors/packet-netlink.h v2.3.0rc0-389-gc0ab12b
epan/dissectors/packet-netlink-netfilter.c v2.3.0rc0-239-g1767e08
epan/dissectors/packet-netlink-route.c v2.3.0rc0-233-g2a80b40
epan/dissectors/packet-quic.c v2.3.0rc0-457-gfa320f8

Inline functions using the "inline" keyword are supported via all glib
versions we support (if it is missing, glib will define a suitable
inline macro).

Other c99 functions listed in the README.developer document were found
to be compatible with GCC 4.4.7, Clang 3.4.2 and MSVC 2013.

Change-Id: If5bab03bfd8577b15a24bedf08c03bdfbf34317a
Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/17421
Reviewed-by: Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/tools/checkAPIs.pl b/tools/checkAPIs.pl
index cd6864c1fe..6117bf2575 100755
--- a/tools/checkAPIs.pl
+++ b/tools/checkAPIs.pl
@@ -2042,7 +2042,6 @@ while ($_ = pop @filelist)
         my $fileContents = '';
         my @foundAPIs = ();
         my $line;
-        my $prohibit_cpp_comments = 1;
 
         if ($source_dir and ! -e $filename) {
                 $filename = $source_dir . '/' . $filename;
@@ -2059,10 +2058,6 @@ while ($_ = pop @filelist)
                 next;
         }
 
-        # Establish or remove local taboos
-        if ($filename =~ m{ ui/qt/ }x) { $prohibit_cpp_comments = 0; }
-        if ($filename =~ m{ image/*.rc }x) { $prohibit_cpp_comments = 0; }
-
         # Read in the file (ouch, but it's easier that way)
         open(FC, $filename) || die("Couldn't open $filename");
         $line = 1;
@@ -2139,12 +2134,6 @@ while ($_ = pop @filelist)
 
         #$errorCount += check_ett_registration(\$fileContents, $filename);
 
-        if ($prohibit_cpp_comments && $fileContents =~ m{ \s// }xo)
-        {
-                print STDERR "Error: Found C++ style comments in " .$filename."\n";
-                $errorCount++;
-        }
-
         # Remove all blank lines
         $fileContents =~ s{ ^ \s* $ } []xog;