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C definitely does not need this - in fact I would go as far and consider it harmful. I agree that a feature like this could be useful, but then there are other
by Quis_sum 2y ago
C definitely does not need this - in fact I would go as far and consider it harmful.
I agree that a feature like this could be useful, but then there are other useful features which should be added too. Where do you stop?
I hope the C standards committee does not succumb to the feature bloat trend we see in many other languages (hand on heart: how many people fully understand/master all of C++/23's features?).
Need proper arrays instead of pointers to contiguous parts of memory which are interpreted as arrays? Proper strings (with unicode)? Etc. - use a different language suitable for the job.
We really need to let go of the notion that complex software must be written in a single language. Use C for the low level stuff where you do not need/want an assembler or where you want full control. For everything else there are more suitable tools.