Simplify some C-style code

[Nick Treleaven]

On Saturday, 28 December 2024 at 23:23:02 UTC, monkyyy wrote:
> The spec would need to drastically improve before my opinion 
> changes; Im also uninterested practicing withholding my 
> opinions.

The spec may have flaws, as any complex technical spec is prone 
to. There is no reason why anyone on the core team would want the 
spec to intentionally be false, and you have no evidence of that. 
So if that is your opinion, then it is not based on evidence.