linux-kernel - Re: Ping(3): [PATCH v4] <sys/param.h>: Add nitems()

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Date:   Tue, 17 Nov 2020 23:11:00 +0000
From:   Joseph Myers <joseph@...esourcery.com>
To:     Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@...il.com>
CC:     <fweimer@...hat.com>, <gcc@....gnu.org>,
        <ville.voutilainen@...il.com>, <linux-man@...r.kernel.org>,
        <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <libstdc++@....gnu.org>, <libc-coord@...ts.openwall.com>,
        <libc-alpha@...rceware.org>, <jwakely@...hat.com>, <enh@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: Ping(3): [PATCH v4] <sys/param.h>: Add nitems()

On Tue, 17 Nov 2020, Alejandro Colomar via Libc-alpha wrote:

> Nice!
> Please update me on any feedback you receive.

Apparently the author is planning new versions of those papers so WG14 
discussion is waiting for those.

> So glibc will basically hold this patch
> at least until the WG answers to that, right?

I think that whether C2x gets an array-size feature of some kind is 
relevant to whether such a feature goes in glibc and what it looks like in 
glibc, but the fact that it will be considered in WG14 doesn't rule out 
glibc considering such a feature without waiting for WG14.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@...esourcery.com