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Re: [wg14/wg21 liaison] C and C++ Compatibility Apr Agenda

From: Aaron Ballman <compatibility.sg.chair_at_[hidden]>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2022 07:18:14 -0400
Reminder: the SG22 meeting is happening today, in just under four
hours from now, at 15:00 UTC
(https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20220401T150000&p1=tz_pt&p2=tz_mt&p3=tz_ct&p4=tz_et&p5=1440).

See the agenda below for more details.

~Aaron

On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 10:07 AM Aaron Ballman
<compatibility.sg.chair_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Our next meeting will be on Fri Apr 1, 2022 at 15:00 UTC
> (https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20220401T150000&p1=tz_pt&p2=tz_mt&p3=tz_ct&p4=tz_et&p5=1440).
>
> **NEW TIME: this meeting is being held at our new scheduled time which
> is two hours earlier than previous meetings.**
>
> You can join the meeting at https://iso.zoom.us/j/5513145100
>
> **NEW PASSWORD: same as the old one, but spelled as a C reserved
> identifier instead of a C++ keyword; contact Aaron Ballman if you have
> questions.**
>
> We will be discussing the following papers:
>
> P2552R0 (https://wg21.link/p2552r0) On the ignorability of standard attributes
> Discusses the circumstances under which it should be permissible to
> ignore a standards-defined attribute and what "ignore" actually means
> in terms of program semantics. The proposal attempts to remain in line
> with the wording already in the C standard, but with a possibly more
> precise specification.
>
> P2174R0 (https://wg21.link/p2174r0) Compound Literals
> This paper proposes to introduce the C99 compound literal feature into
> C++, as there is significant, yet diverging, existing practice amongst
> C++ compilers to support this feature. The paper calls out some
> differences between the feature in C and the feature in C++.
>
> There is a possibility we will also be discussing P2142R1
> (https://wg21.link/p2142r1) Allow '.' operator to work on pointers,
> but I have not yet heard back whether the author is available. If they
> are, I will amend the agenda accordingly.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~Aaron

Received on 2022-04-01 11:18:28