Re: do { quit; } else { }

David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:

A number of regulars here have responded (with posts other than "this
is off-topic"), so that suggests there is at least some interest in
the group.

I like to see such things discussed here.  If it looks like there is a
need for new constructs, the thread(s) may end with acceptable
alternatives using only current C's capabilities.

Other times a pre-compiler might add some icing on the C cake.  I'd
prefer that way over touching the standard.

With changes to C directly, I'd be very conservative.  Far too often I
already stumble over stuff that isn't buildable with current compilers
any more.  Try even to build some older GCC with the current ones.

Imo we do not do us a favour if the incompatibilities pile up to a level
that ends with C != C, but it already seems too late to stop this.

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