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by oblio 3164 days ago
Ok, let's assume that you're willing to go through 10 feet of snow for hours, uphill both ways.

To really change C, you need to at least get your changes in clang, not only in gcc. And let's not even talk about msvc. Or God forbid, actually creating a new standard version.

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I definitely agree that your perceived goal of "changing C" is not attainable. And it is not something I proposed. You could add a flag to a fork of a compiler/toolchain and if it is useful, others will eventually catch on.
I know about "instant gratification" being kind of bad, but even your moderate proposal is something like "gratification in half a decade" :)