Simplify some C-style code

[monkyyy]

On Friday, 27 December 2024 at 11:31:05 UTC, Nick Treleaven wrote:
> On Wednesday, 25 December 2024 at 21:34:00 UTC, monkyyy wrote:
>> The spec is full of lies and slander,
>
>> noun: lie; plural noun: lies
>>    an intentionally false statement.
>
> Can you please stop saying that the spec is intentionally false?

The spec would need to drastically improve before my opinion 
changes; Im also uninterested practicing withholding my opinions.

There are many many ancient bugs, that you need to inherent 
implicit knowledge to navigate, either those a) should actually 
be fixed or b) the spec should make such knowledge explicit