Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: ANSI C idea: structure literals
Message-ID: <1988Mar5.213746.12022@utzoo.uucp>
Keywords: ANSI, structure literals
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <56@vsi.UUCP> <1988Mar3.183939.945@utzoo.uucp>, <7415@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 88 21:37:46 GMT

> >... "Need not convincingly shown; existing constructs can be used to
> >same effect; lack of implementation experience in C."
> 
> I think a good case could be made for some such facility...

Um, Doug, please explain how said good case would refute any, let alone
all, of the three objections I cited.  Note that the first objection says
"need", not "wish".  For heaven's sake, have we forgotten that X3J11's
supposed mission was to *standardize* C, not redesign it?!?
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