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		b3morales on Jan 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A simple defer feature for C In practice those signatures can get a bit tiresome to write out, but I agree, they fit much, much better with C syntax and mindset.

bangonkeyboard on Jan 16, 2022 [–]

Certainly, but no more tiresome than the existing C syntax for function pointers, to which they were direct analogues.

b3morales on Jan 16, 2022 | [–]

Yes, agreed absolutely. I think they'd be used more heavily because of the convenience of allowing captures, though.

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