Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] add diagnostics macros to make code portable

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 07:59:27 -0800
Andre Muezerie <andremue@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:

> From: Andre Muezerie <andremue@linux.microsoft.com>
> To: andremue@linux.microsoft.com
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org,  stephen@networkplumber.org
> Subject: [PATCH v4 0/3] add diagnostics macros to make code portable
> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 07:59:27 -0800
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> It was a common pattern to have "GCC diagnostic ignored" pragmas
> sprinkled over the code and only activate these pragmas for certain
> compilers (gcc and clang). Clang supports GCC's pragma for
> compatibility with existing source code, so #pragma GCC diagnostic
> and #pragma clang diagnostic are synonyms for Clang
> (https://clang.llvm.org/docs/UsersManual.html).
> 
> Now that effort is being made to make the code compatible with MSVC
> these expressions would become more complex. It makes sense to hide
> this complexity behind macros. This makes maintenance easier as these
> macros are defined in a single place. As a plus the code becomes
> more readable as well.

Does anyone still use the Intel C compiler with DPDK?
I really wonder if it is only maintained for legacy/sponsorship reasons.