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> some of the changes to the macros made some developers (including Bergmann) nervous These macros are now so complex that they're reluctant to touch them. See

> some of the changes to the macros made some developers (including Bergmann) nervous These macros are now so complex that they're reluctant to touch them. Seems like there is a clear need for some thorough tests here? This is exactly the sort of thing that is eminently testable.

Vecr 2y ago
Maybe. Most C code of non-trivial length is UB or at least implementation defined, you really don't want to "tickle" something in a low-level highly used macro.
- usefulcat 2y ago
  Exactly why those macros ought to have tests.
  - Vecr 2y ago
    You're exactly right, sorry. I meant that even with tests it's probably too subtle to do the standard test driven design method of programming, you have to be way more careful.