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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Understanding C89/C99 aliasing
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 11:32:27 -0800
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supercat@casperkitty.com writes:
> On Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 12:26:16 PM UTC-6, Richard Bos wrote:
>> supercat wrote:
>> > So, simply define define a directive which would require a compiler
>> 
>> ...right on cue.
>
> What's the problem?

The problem is that you would add so many directives to the language
that they would practically constitute a new language on top of the
existing one.

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