Two suggestions for gcc C compiler to extend C language (by WD Smith)

[Warren D Smith]

> Given a pointer to an array of nibbles and a length, how do I iterate
> through the array?

for(i=0; i<bitsizeof(a); i++){ s += a[i]; }

--correction, that was for an array of packed bools. For nybbles,
bitsizeof(a)/4.  There are various games one can play, and quibbles one
can make, all of which should have been so blitheringly obvious it
should not have ever been necessary to have this discussion at all.

Similarly, when some twerp complained
x=mul(a,b)
would be unacceptable because "mul" was too likely to be a name
already used by somebody...  seriously? You're really unable to figure
out how to deal with that
without me telling you?

It just boggles my mind that this stuff comes back at me for hours and hours.



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