Note that variadic macros *can* be sued.

Change-Id: I15bfda76256e5d1084ad7c64006f93afaf071a9e
Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/13010
Reviewed-by: Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>

diff --git a/doc/README.developer b/doc/README.developer
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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
 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
 
 Don't initialize variables in their declaration with non-constant
 values. Not all compilers support this. E.g. don't use