Edit: Whoops, just had a chance to read these comments more carefully. I didn't realize you're talking about C rather than C++. I didn't ignore them; I just was

Edit: Whoops, just had a chance to read these comments more carefully. I didn't realize you're talking about C rather than C++. I didn't ignore them; I just wasn't aware of those proposals. (Certainly I haven't seen them on HN, and I don't keep up with all the proposals.)