https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=94535
--- Comment #9 from Alisdair Meredith <alisdairm at me dot com> --- (In reply to Martin Sebor from comment #7) > The following proposal was accepted into C2X last year: > http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2322.htm > It seems to me like it's about the same thing but I just skimmed it. Thanks - that is a good reference, and it looks that gcc9 is implementing the new recommended best practice. Does anyone active in SG14 know if existing practice was surveyed before making this recommendation? My testing has been limited to C++ compilers, and I believe there are a wider range of C vendors that may be relevant than my little survey had access to.