Re: C23 thoughts and opinions

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

On Wed, 22 May 2024 22:23:26 -0300, Thiago Adams wrote:

I like the idea of embed ...

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We’ve discussed this before. It just seems like a sop to those stuck with
antiquated, crippled build systems. In which case, how would they get an
up-to-date compiler that supports it?

 Presumably by waiting until compilers support it, like any new feature.
 C23 hasn't even been officially published yet, and at least a naive
implementation of #embed should be fairly straightforward.
 Obviously any code that depends on it will be restricted to newer
compilers, but after a while that shouldn't be much of an issue.
And it means that the semantics of including the contents of a
(possibly binary) file are represented in the source code, not in
one of a gazillion incompatible build systems.