Re: Hex string literals (was Re: C23 thoughts and opinions)

On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 10:49:24 +0200, David Brown wrote:

On 19/06/2024 09:25, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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On Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:54:15 +0200, David Brown wrote:
 

... C++ could not use underscores due to their use in user-defined
literals, and C followed C++.

 
C can still offer the option for them, though.

 
Sometimes it makes sense for C to do the same thing in a different way
from C++ - but it is rare, and needs very strong justification.

The fact that it is something of a de-facto standard among other popular
languages would count.

Is C doomed to remain forever a strict subset of C++?