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Re: template metaprogramming in C?

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From	William Ahern <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com>
Subject	Re: template metaprogramming in C?
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
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Date	2012-03-24 18:29 -0700

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Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:57:11 +0000, Rui Maciel wrote:

> > What are your thoughts on adding a standard form of proper template
> > metaprogramming to the C programming language?

> My first thought is "If you want C++, you know where to find it".

> C++ already has templates and is almost a strict superset of C. What would
> be gained from adding templates to C, compared to just using C++? It's not
> as if C++ forces you to use OOP or exceptions.

No, but it forces you to cast too much (a tremendous irony given
Stroustrup's stated design goal), doesn't have designated initializers,
doesn't have compound literals, implicitiy typedefs structure definitions,
and several other issues commonly encountered. And that was just compared to
C99. It's a long shot from "almost a strict superset of C".

If you're limiting yourself to a common denominator syntax of C and C++,
then you're missing out on much of what each language uniquely has to offer.

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template metaprogramming in C? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-03-24 11:57 +0000
  Re: template metaprogramming in C? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-03-24 07:25 -0700
    Re: template metaprogramming in C? Markus Wichmann <nullplan@gmx.net> - 2012-03-26 11:46 +0200
      Re: template metaprogramming in C? Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2012-03-27 21:09 +0200
        Re: template metaprogramming in C? Markus Wichmann <nullplan@gmx.net> - 2012-03-28 09:25 +0200
          Re: template metaprogramming in C? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-03-28 06:59 -0400
      Re: template metaprogramming in C? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-03-28 12:13 -0700
      Re: template metaprogramming in C? James Dow Allen <jdallen2000@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-01 02:47 -0700
  Re: template metaprogramming in C? Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@loria.fr> - 2012-03-24 18:01 +0100
  Re: template metaprogramming in C? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-03-24 22:57 +0000
    Re: template metaprogramming in C? William Ahern <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> - 2012-03-24 18:29 -0700
      Re: template metaprogramming in C? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-25 15:03 +1300
      Re: template metaprogramming in C? nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-03-25 05:32 -0700
  Re: template metaprogramming in C? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-24 17:02 -0700
  Re: template metaprogramming in C? jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-03-25 01:21 +0100
    Re: template metaprogramming in C? Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2012-03-27 21:17 +0200
      Re: template metaprogramming in C? jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-03-28 11:10 +0200
        Re: template metaprogramming in C? Nils M Holm <news2009@t3x.org> - 2012-03-28 10:05 +0000
          Re: template metaprogramming in C? Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2012-03-28 13:36 +0000
            Re: template metaprogramming in C? Nils M Holm <news2009@t3x.org> - 2012-03-28 14:40 +0000
        Re: template metaprogramming in C? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-03-28 18:32 +0000
          Re: template metaprogramming in C? jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-03-28 22:27 +0200
            Re: template metaprogramming in C? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-03-28 21:02 +0000
        Re: template metaprogramming in C? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-03-29 16:30 +0100
          Re: template metaprogramming in C? jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-03-29 23:39 +0200
            Re: template metaprogramming in C? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-03-29 23:36 +0100
              Re: template metaprogramming in C? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-03-30 00:55 +0000
            Re: template metaprogramming in C? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-03-30 00:32 +0000
              Re: template metaprogramming in C? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-03-30 10:52 +0100
                Re: template metaprogramming in C? jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-04-01 09:36 +0200
            Re: template metaprogramming in C? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-30 16:32 +1300
              Re: template metaprogramming in C? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-03-31 01:52 -0700
    Re: template metaprogramming in C? ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2012-03-28 08:48 -0700
      Re: template metaprogramming in C? "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-04-05 12:18 +0200
        Re: template metaprogramming in C? "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-04-05 13:08 +0200
          Re: template metaprogramming in C? "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-04-05 13:36 +0200
            Re: template metaprogramming in C? pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-04-06 18:43 -0400
              Re: template metaprogramming in C? pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-04-06 19:20 -0400
      Re: template metaprogramming in C? "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-04-05 13:08 +0200
  Re: template metaprogramming in C? William Ahern <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> - 2012-03-24 19:01 -0700
    Re: template metaprogramming in C? William Ahern <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> - 2012-03-24 19:10 -0700
  Re: template metaprogramming in C? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-25 15:25 +1300
    Re: template metaprogramming in C? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-03-25 15:13 +0100
      Re: template metaprogramming in C? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-26 07:10 +1300
        Re: template metaprogramming in C? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-03-25 20:31 +0100
          Re: template metaprogramming in C? nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-03-26 00:54 -0700

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