Is C99 the final C?

From: Michael B. (usemike_at_spamblocked.com)
Date: 11/30/03 

Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 17:19:59 -0800

I was just thinking about this, specifically wondering if there's any
features that the C specification currently lacks, and which may be
included in some future standardization.

Of course, I speak only of features in the spirit of C; something like
object-orientation, though a nice feature, does not belong in C.
Something like being able to #define a #define would be very handy,
though, e.g:

#define DECLARE_FOO(bar) #define FOO_bar_SOMETHING \
        #define FOO_bar_SOMETHING_ELSE

I'm not sure whether the features of cpp are even included in the C
standard though (and GCC has definitely taken quite a nonstandard approach
with regards to certain token expansions and whatnot), but that's one area
of improvement I see.

I would also like to see something along the lines of C++ templating,
except without the really kludgy implementation that the C++ folks decided
to go to ( and without the OOP ).

... Mike pauses for the sound of a thousand *plonks*

Templates save a lot of time when it comes to commonly-used data
structures, and as they are entirely implemented at compile-time and don't
include, by their definition, OOP (although they can be well suited to
it), I think they would be a nice addition and in the spirit of C.

Your thoughts? I'm sure there's some vitriol coming my way but I'm
prepared 8) 

-- 
Mike's Patented Blocklist; compile with gcc:
i=0;o(a){printf("%u",i>>8*a&255);if(a){printf(".");o(--a);}}
main(){do{o(3);puts("");}while(++i);}

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