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[wg14/wg21 liaison] C and C++ Compatibility Sep Agenda

From: Aaron Ballman <compatibility.sg.chair_at_[hidden]>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2022 13:31:51 -0400
Our next meeting will be on Mon Sept 19, 2022 at 15:00 UTC
(https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20220919T150000&p1=tz_pt&p2=tz_mt&p3=tz_ct&p4=tz_et&p5=1440).

You can join the meeting at https://iso.zoom.us/j/5513145100

P2142R1 (https://wg21.link/p2142r1) Allow '.' operator to work on pointers
This paper explores allowing pointer member access through the '.'
operator instead of requiring it to go through the '->' operator. The
author is looking for feedback on the proposal, and expects to take a
straw poll on whether SG22 thinks there should be further work along
these lines in both committees.

P2621R0 (https://wg21.link/p2621r0) UB? In my Lexer?
The paper is proposing to strengthen lexing-related undefined behavior
into requiring a diagnostic or making it well-defined. It does not
attempt to address all preprocessing related undefined behavior. The
author is looking for encouragement with the idea as well as feedback
on impact to implementations which may have extensions in these areas.

P1854R3 (https://wg21.link/p1854r3) Conversion to literal encoding
should not lead to loss of meaning
This paper proposes making use of characters which cannot be
represented in the literal encoding be ill-formed when use in
character and string literals. Further, it restricts the set of valid
characters in a multicharacter literal. Both are done in an attempt to
make lexing less surprising in the presence of non-Latin characters in
the source. The author is looking for feedback on the idea,
particularly in C, as the paper was already approved by EWG in WG21.

~Aaron

Received on 2022-09-07 17:32:03