> Sure we can. Recompile glibc, dynamic linking, pow. Oh, so I have to maintain glibc. That's the alternative, we are in complete agreement. > I wouldn't say

> Sure we can. Recompile glibc, dynamic linking, pow. Oh, so I have to maintain glibc. That's the alternative, we are in complete agreement. > I wouldn't say that bug you referenced is a strike against C; it could happen in any language that was locale-aware and parsing floats. I was responding to a very specific (and pointed) question. > For what it's worth, these macros in libcperciva are perfectly readable and maintainable: I'm not contesting that, they might be. The one you list looks fine at a glance, but that doesn't prove anything.