[3.12] gh-105059: Use GCC/clang extension for PyObject union (GH-107232…

…) (#107236) gh-105059: Use GCC/clang extension for PyObject union (GH-107232) Anonymous union is new in C11. To prevent compiler warning when using -pedantic compiler option, use Clang and GCC extension on C99 and older. (cherry picked from commit 6261585) Co-authored-by: Victor Stinner <[email protected]>
python · Jul 25, 2023 · 0cf5f6a · 0cf5f6a
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diff --git a/Include/object.h b/Include/object.h
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ check by comparing the reference count field to the immortality reference count.
  */
 struct _object {
     _PyObject_HEAD_EXTRA
+#if (defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)) \
+        && !(defined __STDC_VERSION__ && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 201112L)
+    // On C99 and older, anonymous union is a GCC and clang extension
+    __extension__
+#endif
     union {
        Py_ssize_t ob_refcnt;
 #if SIZEOF_VOID_P > 4