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Re:Proposal to add constexpr to C [pdf] by hmfrh on Saturday October 16, 2021 @08:26AM (#28887370)
Introducing a new keyword means that all existing code that uses the new keyword as an identifier will break. That's why the `constexpr` keyword is deliberately weird.

It's also why they reuse keywords like `using`.

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Re:Proposal to add constexpr to C [pdf] by kevin_thibedeau on Saturday October 16, 2021 @02:50PM (#28890348)
They could just use the reserved keyword naming like the C committee does.
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