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The provenance memory model for C

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224 points HexDecOctBin | 1 comments | 30 Jun 25 09:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.387s | source
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smcameron ◴[30 Jun 25 16:04 UTC] No.44424882[source]▶
Ugh. Are unicode variable names allowed in C now? That's horrific.
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mananaysiempre ◴[30 Jun 25 16:14 UTC] No.44424985[source]▶
“Now” as in since C99, twenty-five years ago, yes. (It seemed like a good idea at the time.)
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kevincox ◴[30 Jun 25 17:20 UTC] No.44425758[source]▶
Being able to program in languages that don't fit into ASCII is a good idea. Using one-character variable names is a bad idea.
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1. adrianN ◴[30 Jun 25 17:35 UTC] No.44425908[source]▶
Using variable names that are different but render (almost) the same can be a bad idea.