Re: do { quit; } else { }

On 06/04/2025 22:48, Michael S wrote:

On Sun, 06 Apr 2025 08:14:19 -0700
Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
 

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My impression was that "defer", or something very much like it, is
being considered for inclusion in a future C standard.  Isn't it the
case that Jens Gustedt is now the head of the C standard committee?
Of course I might be wrong about that, but that's what I thought
(and probably will still think unless and until I hear otherwise).

 It seems, The WG14 Committee has no head. They have Convener (Robert
Seacord) but that is probably not the same.
Jens Gustedt appears to be one of the most active members.
 https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/
 

He is certainly one of the more visible and energetic members - he wants to drive C forward with new ideas and new ways of coding, and is behind a fair number of the more interesting proposals (as distinct from the useful, but unexciting bug-fixes to the standard).  He also discusses the ideas and the new C features regularly on his blog.
Of course major changes to C, such as a "defer" mechanism, are highly controversial.
The C standards committee doesn't have a leader.  Jens Gustedt is the leader they don't have.  (Paraphrased from Terry Pratchet.)