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From: Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: C23 thoughts and opinions
Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 07:29:08 +0100
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On 23/05/2024 05:08, Keith Thompson wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
>> On Wed, 22 May 2024 22:23:26 -0300, Thiago Adams wrote:
>>> I like the idea of embed ...
>>
>> We’ve discussed this before. It just seems like a sop to those stuck with
>> antiquated, crippled build systems. In which case, how would they get an
>> up-to-date compiler that supports it?
> 
> Presumably by waiting until compilers support it, like any new feature.
> 
> C23 hasn't even been officially published yet, and at least a naive
> implementation of #embed should be fairly straightforward.
> 
> Obviously any code that depends on it will be restricted to newer
> compilers, but after a while that shouldn't be much of an issue.
> And it means that the semantics of including the contents of a
> (possibly binary) file are represented in the source code, not in
> one of a gazillion incompatible build systems.
> 
And who will use the Baby X resource compiler when we have embed?
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