Re:Tell HN: C Experts Panel – Ask us anything about C
by AaronBallman on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @11:12AM
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Correct -- it would be nice if the glibc maintainers would reconsider their opinion of supporting the optional Annex K functionality. There is definitely user demand for the feature.
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Re:Tell HN: C Experts Panel – Ask us anything about C
by eqvinox on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @11:58AM
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> rseacord 22 minutes ago [-]
> The C Committee has taken two votes on this, and in each case, the committee has been equally divided. Without a consensus to change the standard, the status quo wins.
The fact that it has only survived on status quo is a pretty crass hint that things aren't well with Annex K.
Re:Tell HN: C Experts Panel – Ask us anything about C
by beefhash on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @11:22AM
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And every BSD out there. And whatever it is that macOS does. Microsoft looks to be the outlier to me.
Re:Tell HN: C Experts Panel – Ask us anything about C
by loeg on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @12:29PM
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Microsoft does not even implement Annex K.
> Microsoft Visual Studio implements an early version of the APIs. However, the implementation is incomplete and conforms neither to C11 nor to the original TR 24731-1.
> As a result of the numerous deviations from the specification the Microsoft implementation cannot be considered conforming or portable.