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@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ AIX, for example, doesn't do so by default). C++-style comments can be
used in C++ code, of course.
In general, don't use C99 features since some C compilers used to compile
-Wireshark don't support C99 (E.G. Microsoft C).
+Wireshark, such as Microsoft's C compiler, don't support all C99
+features. The C99 features that can be used are:
+
+ variadic macros
Don't initialize variables in their declaration with non-constant
values. Not all compilers support this. E.g. don't use