a nifty feature for c preprocessor

[Jonathan Wakely]

On 28 December 2011 20:57, R A wrote:
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> templates, i have no problem with, i wish there could be a C dialect that can integrate it, so i wouldn't have to be forced to use C++ and all the bloat that usually come from a lot of it's implementation (by that i mean a performance close to C i think is very possible for C++'s library).

What "bloat"?  If you only use the subset of C++ that is compatible
with C++ then you don't get any additional cost, you are not "forced"
to use anything, or to get any mythical "bloat"

> but, of course, one has to ask "if you're making your code portable to any C compiler, why do you want gcc to change (or modify it for your own use)? you should be persuading the c committee."
> well, that's the thing, it's harder to do the latter, so by doing this, i can demonstrate that it's a SIMPLE, but good idea.

It's not simple, or IMHO a good idea.