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sapiogram on Aug 8, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Maximal min() and max()

What you're suggesting is basically a worse version of adding built-in min() and max() to the C spec. Which, to be fair, would be quite nice, but I guess the working group didn't want it in the standard.

nullc on Aug 9, 2024 [–]

Adding a compiler specific builtin is one path for things to get into the language.

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