When answering a comment to another answer of mine here, I found what I think may be a hole in the C standard (c1x, I haven't checked the earlier ones and yes, I know it's incredibly unlikely that I alone among all the planet's inhabitants have found a bug in the standard). Information follows: Section 6.5.3.4 ("The sizeof operator") p...
What are the most useful proposed features of C1X so far? And what support for them is there in current compilers? ...
Hello, Lately I've been getting interest in C standardization. I want to participate in development of C1X. I want to put forward my ideas (irrespective of they being accepted/rejected). I want to know the procedure. WG14 documents shows various documents sorted by mailing list. Where can I join one such mailing list? How to submit a p...
C99 still isn't supported by many compilers, and much of the focus is now on C++, and its upcoming standard C++1x. I'm curious as to what C will "get" in its next standard, when it will get it, and how it will keep C competitive. C and C++ are known to feed on one another's improvements, will C be feeding on the C++1x standard? What ca...