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The people at WG14, Google and Microsoft (VLAs are one of few C99 features not ever coming to MSVC) think otherwise.

So you're basically saying they are wrong.



Your appeal to authority using WG14 (hapless goldbricks) and google/Microsoft (C++ shops) falls really flat.


That authority drives the C language evolution and couldn't care less about what you, or me for that matter, think.


And I am part of WG14 (so a hapless goldbrick). The reason VLA were made optional to make implementing C easier, as C99 was not adopted quickly. Although the reason for the slow adoption were others. MSVC did not really support C at all at C99 time because they thought everyone should transition to C++. Only very recently C support catched up in MSVC.


Great, so when is the C11 rationale getting published?

https://groups.google.com/g/comp.std.c/c/E0yxHfpcOfY


IIRC, there will be no more rationales


Obviously since they've done literally nothing in the last 20 years.




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