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Previously, an article made the rounds concerning Undefined behavior that made the usual Rust crowd go nuts and the usual C and C++ people get grumpy that someone Did Not Understand the Finer Points and Nuance of Their Brilliant Language. So, as usual, it’s time for me to do what I do best
March 12, 2021 The C Meeting has ended officially as of like less than 2 hours ago. I will write all about what happened in a later post, but I wanted to talk specifically about something that happened on Monday, during the meeting, with proposal n2645. N2654 is Melanie Blower’s paper for #elifdef and #elifndef, a long-standing hole in the preprocessor and a constant consistency footgun. Even I experienced this pain, and I was grateful to see Melanie put it forward. We don’t often get to do simple things, so Melanie is doing the Lord’s Work, here. I took to Twitter on Monday and...