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Re:Rust on the ESP32 (2019) by Leherenn on Sunday July 05, 2020 @11:56AM (#23739611)
C versions after 89 doesn't bring much to be honest. So either you want more than what C can offer you, and usually the option is C++, or you're fine with what you have.
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Re:Rust on the ESP32 (2019) by hak8or on Sunday July 05, 2020 @03:06PM (#23741049)
Bieng able to declare variables after statements in a function is huge, letting you make them const as needed.

Also declaring the index variable in a for loop like for(int i =0; i < 10; i++) is extremely helpful.

Those two alone are extremely beneficial.

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Re:Rust on the ESP32 (2019) by Leherenn on Monday July 06, 2020 @02:25AM (#23745220)
True, they are however often available as part of compiler extensions.
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Re:Rust on the ESP32 (2019) by pjmlp on Sunday July 05, 2020 @02:29PM (#23740774)
Well, they are supposed to at least offer a little more of security.

And yes, C++ would be a better option, provided that up to date C++ compilers exist at all.

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