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by flohofwoe 984 days ago
The C committee (unlike the C++ committee) usually only considers proposals which have implementations to show. And the more real-world experience there is with the extension, the better.

Also consider that this extension is designed in a way that existing code can be annotated without requiring drastic changes, and that it has been designed to remain ABI compatible.

A 100% watertight solution most likely requires new language features (or even a completely new language like a "Rust--") that would violate both of those requirements.