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BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
[...]
> It standard doesn't need to do anything other than acknowledge that 
> implementation-defined attributes might exist.
>
> Then it can help by stipulating where those attributes can go. It 
> doesn't need to know what they are, what they do, or which keywords are 
> chosen.
[...]

C++ (starting with C++11, I think) defines a syntax for attributes:

    [[ attribute_name ]]

There are only a handful of language-defined attributes, but
implementation-defined attributes are permitted (perhaps even
encouraged).

I wouldn't mind seeing C adopt something similar or perhaps identical.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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