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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: C23 thoughts and opinions
Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 16:05:05 -0700
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On 5/23/2024 6:35 AM, David Brown wrote:
> On 22/05/2024 23:24, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>> On 5/22/2024 9:55 AM, David Brown wrote:
>>> In an attempt to bring some topicality to the group, has anyone 
>>> started using, or considering, C23 ?  There's quite a lot of change 
>>> in it, especially compared to the minor changes in C17.
>>
>> Love the way std::vectors respect alignas... C++20, iirc?
>>
>> [...]
> 
> I have no idea what you are talking about.

std::vector actually respects alignas, on MSVC at least. I did not know 
this worked until I tried it. Iirc, Bonita was the one that sparked my 
test. It aligned itself on the proper boundaries. Very nice.

> But did you notice that this is c.l.c, not c.l.c++, and the topic is 
> C23, not C++23 ?  Discussing comparisons or compatibility with C++ is 
> fair enough, but talking about pure C++ matters (such as std::vector<>) 
> is unlikely to be helpful.

C has it as well... Very useful!