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just make a type where doing pointer math and other such use cases are a compiler error?

• adrianN 9y ago
  Just use a language where types automatically know their size? I thought the point was to make existing code safer by exploiting information that's already there (e.g. the allocator knowing the size of things on the heap).
  • m_mueller 9y ago
    The point is that C could be made much safer to use with a few "simple" (at least seemingly) tweaks. C has great tooling support on all platforms, including embedded, so it would be a compelling advancement if the language standard were to include such a thing. The important thing would be to coerce such a string type to character arrays so it remains compatible with all libraries without casting.