Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct.

From	Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct.
Date	2025-10-09 20:59 -0700
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bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> On 09/10/2025 04:49, BGB wrote:
[...]

> Nobody cares about C syntax.

That is so manifestly untrue that I can't imagine what you actually
meant.

Many of us, myself included, don't particularly like some aspects of C
syntax, but that's not the same as not caring about it.

>                              Learning all its ins and outs seems be a
> rite of passage.

Perhaps.  It's also necessary if you want to work with the language.

> The trouble is that C-style is so dominant, few people would know what
> a decent syntax looks like. Or, more, likely, they associate a clean,
> well-designed syntax with toy or scripting languages, and can't take
> it seriously.
>
> But if it looks as hairy as C++ then it must be the business!

C syntax has survived and been propagated to other languages because
it's well known, not, I think, because anybody really likes it.

[...]

>> One merit is if code can be copy-pasted, but if one has to change
>> all instances of:
>>    char *s0, *s1;
>> To:
>>    char* s0, s1;
>> Well, this is likely to get old, unless it still uses, or allows C
>> style declaration syntax in this case.
>
> That one's been fixed (50 years late): you instead write:
>
>  typeof(char*) s0, s1;
>
> But you will need an extension if it's not part of C23.

Yes, that will work in C23, but it would never occur to me to
write that.  I'd just write `char *s0, *s1;` or, far more likely,
define s0 and s1 on separate lines.  Using typeof that way triggers
my WTF filter.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-10-08 06:35 +0000
  Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 09:09 +0200
    Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2025-10-08 12:01 +0000
    Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-10-08 15:23 +0000
      Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2025-10-08 19:04 +0300
        Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-10-08 20:05 +0000
    Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2025-10-08 18:52 +0300
    Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2025-12-14 23:55 -0800
  Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 11:09 +0200
    Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 11:23 +0200
      Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2025-10-08 12:53 +0300
        Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 12:09 +0200
          Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-08 15:59 +0200
            Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 12:29 -0500
              Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-08 21:04 +0200
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 22:49 -0500
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2025-10-10 01:13 +0100
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-10-10 01:54 +0000
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2025-10-09 19:43 -0700
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2025-10-10 11:25 +0100
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-09 22:50 -0500
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-10-09 20:59 -0700
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-10 01:27 -0500
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-10-10 12:06 +0200
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2025-10-10 17:28 +0300
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-10-10 17:47 +0200
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-10 16:32 -0500
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-10-11 00:02 +0000
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-13 06:20 +0200
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-10 15:01 -0500
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-10-10 23:45 +0000
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-01-06 18:24 -0800
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-14 06:29 +0200
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-14 20:13 -0500
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2025-10-15 11:26 +0100
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-15 13:00 -0500
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2025-10-17 22:07 +0100
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-17 17:44 -0500
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-20 10:02 +0200
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-20 04:42 -0500
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-21 03:40 +0200
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-16 06:45 +0200
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-16 06:37 +0200
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-16 04:43 -0500
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-20 09:58 +0200
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-20 18:36 +0000
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-20 16:44 -0500
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-21 01:33 +0000
                Language-design, tradeoffs (was Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct.) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-21 04:19 +0200
                Re: Language-design, tradeoffs (was Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct.) BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-21 04:27 -0500
                Re: Language-design, tradeoffs (was Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct.) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-22 02:30 +0200
                Re: Language-design, tradeoffs (was Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct.) BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-22 02:10 -0500
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-21 03:51 +0200
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-10-20 19:21 -0700
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-21 04:53 +0200
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-21 18:21 +0000
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-21 13:42 -0500
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2025-10-21 06:17 -0400
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-21 18:41 +0000
                Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-21 18:12 +0000
            Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 19:36 +0200
              Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-08 19:51 +0200
    Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-10-08 15:29 +0000
  Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 11:33 -0500
    Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 14:57 -0700
      Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-10-09 01:39 +0000
        Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 22:25 -0500
          Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-10-09 19:50 -0700
            Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-10-10 04:20 +0000
      Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2025-12-15 11:24 -0800
  Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 13:35 -0700
    Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 13:36 -0700
  Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2025-12-14 22:48 -0800

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