Re: Do we care if C compilers start allowing "." on pointers?

On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 07:02:14AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Currently, given a pointer "p", C allows p->a but not p.a.  There is a
> proposal from C++ [1] that is being considered for C.
> 
> Do we care?

After buying a new WTF'o'meter -- reading about this proposal definitely
shattered the old one -- I'm with everybody else so far, this will not
make C better, and if it ever were to pass, we should ensure the kernel
does not use it.