C2x: The Future C Standard

by vkazanov • 6 years ago

17 11 6 years ago

pjmlp3• 6 years ago

Pity, zero proposals to increase safety when using C is the only option for whatever business reasons.

vkazanov5• 6 years ago

I'd say that defer-like mechanism would help a lot with memory safety. But it's just a rumour currently.

pjmlp3• 6 years ago

I was more looking into adoption of any strings and arrays libraries, with proper bounds checking as well, now that Annex K is out of the table.

And stronger enumerations.

justin662• 6 years ago

the first truly interesting book in years on this language was published

The linked publisher page indicates Seacord's book won't be published until August.

vkazanov5• 6 years ago

But you can buy it already.

Also, I think they moved the date a bit.

justin662• 6 years ago

Where did you buy it? It's a preorder on Amazon and on the publisher's page.

feiss• 6 years ago

Wow I love the #embed directive..

vkazanov5• 6 years ago

True! Probably the only relatively big quality-of-life improvement so far.

Reformed error handling in it's current form is not there yet.

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