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dnautics 2 hours ago

> Everything you do in Zig can be done almost in the same way in C or C++.

Can you do this in C?

https://github.com/ityonemo/clr

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stephc_int13 an hour ago | parent [-]

Linters are not exactly a new idea, and they can be pushed quite far.

I am generally against the idea of language support for meta-programming, even using C macros or C++ templates.

I do a lot of meta-programming/codegen with external tooling.

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dnautics an hour ago | parent [-]

> Linters are not exactly a new idea, and they can be pushed quite far.

That's not an answer. There's a reason why you can't do it in C, and the reason is "the stdlib is poorly designed". No amount of linting can get you around that.

	▲	stephc_int13 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I agree about the C stdlib being outdated and the worst part of C. This is why I don't use it. A new modern C standard library would be a very good thing. But I am ok writing my own, tailored for my own needs and style.