Re: Copying Aggregate Data Types in C

On Dec 18, 10:17 pm, Chris Dollin <chris.dol...@xxxxxx> wrote:

I find the long-sequence objection far less compelling than the what-meaning
objection, but in any case am not advocating a change to the C `==`
definition, that fight having been lost or rendered irrelevant a long
time ago.



There's no point in advocating /any/ changes to C if you ask me...
better to spend your time focusing on bandaids and workarounds.

The situation's a little better with C++ as regards being able to
change and develop the language, but even if you were to come up with
a brilliant idea today it'd probably be 20 years before it actually
makes it into the language. I contacted Bjarne Stroustrup recently to
ask if he was planning a new book to reflect the coming standard of C+
+, and his response was as follows:

"I plan to write a 4th edition, but it'll take me a year or two.
Similarly, it'll take the implementers a year or two to get it all
ready for use."
.

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