I wondered if targeted standard matters, but the newest draft has roughly the same language:
An implementation may allocate any addressable storage unit large enough to hold a bit-field. If…
I'm fine with "avoid" rather than a strict ban, though I would prefer we either cite a standard/draft directly.
It is because of ordering.
Long winded explanation:
From the C89 draft: 3.5.2.1 Structure and union specifiers
An implementation…
I think style falls under the CONTRIBUTING
umbrella nicely; it's one little handbook that tells you how to participate in the project, from the forest to the trees.
That test always sucked. I'm considering filing a PR to erase it because it's nearly unmaintainable. Thoughts?
koan(1)
I'm fine with this but I like the connotation of fortune
better, even if it doesn't fit with the theme.
-h
I've changed my mind. -h
should never be used, and that's my only opinion on the matter - except, also, that programs should take advice from the design of other programs.