Fixing C's Biggest Mistake

[Walter Bright]

On 12/21/2022 11:22 AM, matheus wrote:
> On Wednesday, 21 December 2022 at 19:09:37 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=34084894
>>
>> I'm wondering. Should I just go ahead and implement [..] in ImportC?
> 
> Could you please post what's going on for those who can't access the link?

I posted this on Hacker News in response to an article about Microsoft's Checked C.
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Checked C:

     int a[5] = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4};
     _Array_ptr<int> p : count(5) = a;  // p points to 5 elements.

My proposal for C:

     int a[5] = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4};
     int p[..] = a;  // p points to 5 elements.

https://www.digitalmars.com/articles/C-biggest-mistake.html

https://github.com/Microsoft/checkedc/wiki/New-pointer-and-a...