Follow @Openwall on Twitter for new release announcements and other news
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 16:52:53 -0700
From: enh <enh@...gle.com>
To: Jₑₙₛ Gustedt <jens.gustedt@...ia.fr>
Cc: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: C23 implications for C libraries

On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 8:40 AM Jₑₙₛ Gustedt <jens.gustedt@...ia.fr> wrote:

> enh,
>
> on Fri, 23 Sep 2022 08:28:52 -0700 you (enh <enh@...gle.com>) wrote:
>
> > since you asked for comments, it would have been even better to have
> > direct links to the relevant documents (such as
> > https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/WG14/www/docs/n2829.htm for the
> > assert() changes),
>
> yes, the idea is to add such a link when I manage to discuss the
> particular feature more in detail
>

that...


> my hope is also still that we may have a diff-version of the C standard
> at some point in the nearer future, but it seems that the editors have
> problems with the tooling for that
>

...and that sound even better, yes --- but i always worry about "the
perfect is the enemy of the good". a 20% solution today is worth more to me
than a 100% solution a year from now :-)

anyone know whether <stdbit.h> is likely to be implemented by gcc/clang
(since most/all of that stuff should end up as __builtin_foo() anyway)?


> > but just having a list of things to search out is
> > useful in its own right, so thanks for this!
>
> Thanks
> Jₑₙₛ
>
> --
> :: INRIA Nancy Grand Est ::: Camus ::::::: ICube/ICPS :::
> :: :::::::::::::::::::::: gsm France : +33 651400183
> <+33%206%2051%2040%2001%2083>   ::
> :: ::::::::::::::: gsm international : +49 15737185122
> <+49%201573%207185122> ::
> :: http://icube-icps.unistra.fr/index.php/Jens_Gustedt ::
>

Content of type "text/html" skipped

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Confused about mailing lists and their use? Read about mailing lists on Wikipedia and check out these guidelines on proper formatting of your messages.