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Yeah, I've added macros `vec_len` and `vec_ptr` (or, enums, actually), which help somewhat. `arr[3]` should be flagged by the compiler it is known to the compiler that you're opera…

Thank you! I implemented this pattern initially about a year ago, but decided to write about it now. Since you liked it, it wasn't for nothing. :)

You're right, I added some more clarity in the README. Interestingly, I think my approach will work fine on CHERI, since the pointer is never dereferenced, but I didn't test this. …

Good point! Added `vec_ptr[vec]` and `vec_len[vec]` helpers to mitigate this somewhat.

Thanks for mentioning it, I've heard about stb, but this time around I actually looked at the code. Their approach is very nice.

Making a strict subset of some existing language (Go) be a "better C" is quite an interesting idea compared to others (D, Zig, Hare, C3, D, ...), haven't seen it elsewhere. No new …

Yes, but you can generate JSON with other tools easily. home.md describes how you can do it with Nix, but just as easily you can use Cue or something else. Edit: mentioned this in …

Yeah, in general (a bit of a tangent), ideas from Plan 9 are really powerful. For example, the Acme text editor exposes it's API as a file system (it's represented via Unix sockets…

Well, if you're generating JSON with Nix, you don't have to put everything inside of one file. It would be a better idea to split it up into multiple. You can also use builtins.rea…

YSH looks very nice here, thanks. I thought to mention YSH, but have no experience with it, so I hoped you would comment. (I guess we're duplicating threads at this point :D)

Sure. I have tried Bash namerefs. I found them to be kinda awkward, since you need to name them uniquely. So, you have to pretend that they are global variables, even though they a…

Yeah, PowerShell and nushell are pretty cool, I hope they gain more adoption.

Location: Yerevan, Armenia. Remote: yes. Willing to relocate: yes. Technologies: Rust, C/C++, Bash, Go, Linux, Nix. Résumé/CV: https://alurm.github.io/resume/alan-urmancheev.html (…

I like your approach. (Implicitly) using [1] instead of [false] as a default is less typing for sure (but maybe a bit more confusing?). Also, objects being switched on really have …

Honestly, not much. I found it nice how it's possible to emulate switches in Lua with so little code, without the result looking too ugly. You may find this pattern useful. That's …

Thanks, fixed.

https doesn't make content trust worthy.

In this case it doesn't matter much I think. I suppose the api existed for ages. But I prefer openbsd or man7 pages, sure.