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   by taeber 5y ago

   I'm glad you suggested that, because one of the first comparisons I drew in my article[1] about the "with"-syntax was how it looks like a for-loop. If you are interested, I did provide a few macros[2], but as another commente
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   by taeber 5y ago

   I like the idea of automatic resource cleanup in C and was excited when I read the headline, but I agree with others that the proposed syntax doesn't seem very C-like. I previously shared a "with" statement idea on HN that I
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   by taeber 6y ago

   Yes you can. I did mention GCC's cleanup attribute along with MSVC's try-finally construct. Another user was kind enough to even provide an example in their GitHub issue: https://github.com/taeber/cwith/i
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   by taeber 6y ago

   Thank you! I'd much prefer to not have to use macros, but I tried to make the with/withif mimic what I wish was a real C statement.
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   Show HN: Automatic cleanup in C using with-statements(github.com)

   28 points by taeber 6y ago|7 comments