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Subject: Re: [9front] [PATCH] cc: support const and restrict inside array declarations
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Quoth mia soweli <inbox@tachibana-labs.org>:
> this allows c23 style array declarations (see c23 draft section 6.7.6),
> with type qualifiers inside the brackets.
> for example:
> 
> 	const int list[restrict 4];
> 	int list[const 4];
> 	int list[const restrict 4];
> 	int list[volatile 4];
> 	int list[noret 4]; /* we may not want to allow this */
> 
> they are ignored as with other uses of const, restrict, and volatile.
> it does not allow
> 
> 	int list[static 4];
> 
> which is also allowed in c23.
> 

I'm not sure why this is useful. Is there some specific code
that wants this?