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rwmj 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Stupid Smart Pointers in C

Last time I looked this was (golang-like) function scoped, not { } scoped, which means it's a bad idea. My feedback was the committee should simply standardize the existing attribute / behaviour, as that is widely used already.

(EDIT: I'm wrong, see reply)

masklinn 3 months ago [–]

> Last time I looked this was (golang-like) function scoped, not { } scoped, which means it's a bad idea.

Might have been the previous attempt from years ago, because being block scoped (unlike go) literally has its own section in https://thephd.dev/c2y-the-defer-technical-specification-its...

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