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Giving C a superpower: custom header file (safe_c.h)

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271 points mithcs | 2 comments | 17 Nov 25 10:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.547s | source
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miroljub ◴[17 Nov 25 12:41 UTC] No.45953073[source]▶
Nice toy. It works until it stops working. An experienced C developer would quickly find a bunch of corner cases where this just doesn't work.

Given how simple examples in this blog post are, I ask myself, why don't we already have something like that as a part of the standard instead of a bunch of one-off personal, bug-ridden implementations?

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1. brabel ◴[17 Nov 25 12:57 UTC] No.45953168[source]▶
It would be a lot more constructive if you reported a bunch of corner cases where this doesn't work rather than just dismissing this as a toy.
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2. miroljub ◴[17 Nov 25 13:45 UTC] No.45953487[source]▶
No, I don't dismiss anything.

It's just, I'd rather play with my own toys instead of using someone else's toy. Especially since I don't think it would ever grow up to be something more than a toy.

For serious work, I'd use some widely used, well-maintained, and battle-tested library instead of my or someone else's toy.