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Re:Show HN: Automatic cleanup in C using with-statements by mycall on Sunday May 31, 2020 @07:59PM (#23374218)
Unless you are doing embedded programming.
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Re:Show HN: Automatic cleanup in C using with-statements by asguy on Sunday May 31, 2020 @08:07PM (#23374268)
Especially when you are doing embedded programming.

You think those GPIO registers are going to encode themselves?

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Re:Show HN: Automatic cleanup in C using with-statements by kettro on Monday June 01, 2020 @04:04AM (#23376267)
Macros are the lifeblood of embedded C. I have a use case where I need to read, shift, and OR a value, then write back. If I need to do that for more than 1 thing, sure as shit I'll write a macro.
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