Useful feature for next version of C

A ->= operator, and possibly .=, which would make it easier to go through linked lists and other such structures with lots of pointers. Instead of writing

p = p -> next;

it can now be

p ->= next;

or, if you're working with binary trees, instead of


while(t && t->v != i)
 if(t->v < i)
  t = t -> l;
 else
  t = t -> r;

it becomes


while(t && t->v != i)
 t ->= (t->v < i) ? l : r;

I'm working on a C-like compiler and I thought this would be a good idea.

I use macros within macros. It helps reduce clutter and can be manipulated easily. e.g.
#define MAXBUF 1000
#define NMAX MAXBUF*8


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>>41
* sees what FV calls macros
* throws up

>>42
I don't think it has to have parameters to be called a macro, dude. The throwing up and the confusion are normal reactions to prolonged FV exposure, though.

>>39
Name one.

Common Lisp

>>1

Or you could, you know, write out a few more letters and make it not look retarded as hell?

Also, who unbanned Frozenvoid?

>>29

(princ
 ((lambda (x)
    (concatenate 'string (multiple-value-call #'mapcan #'list (values-list x))))
  '((#\H #\v #\  #\o #\   #\e #\d #\y #\u #\   #\i #\p #\t #\d #\y #\?)
    (#\a #\e #\y #\u #\r  #\a #\  #\o #\r #\s  #\c #\  #\o #\a #\  #\newline))))
Made it more generic, m-v-c + values-list now let us have a variable list of arguments to mapcan/mapcar.
OT: m-v-c is how APPLY is actually implemented on some implementations, such a lovely special operator.