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

On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 12:16:24PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 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.

You should see some of the other proposals!  Or maybe not?  After
all, you should get some use out of your new WTF'o'meter.  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul