https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=103238

--- Comment #1 from joseph at codesourcery dot com <joseph at codesourcery dot 
com> ---
On Sun, 14 Nov 2021, wjwray at gmail dot com via Gcc-bugs wrote:

> An interesting suggestion is that these array extensions be incorporated into
> C and C++ standards as a DR, applying as they do to the C subset and all -std,
> with DR standing for Dennis Ritchie, great language designer in the sky.

This is a good example of what I said in today's WG14 meeting about C++ 
going overboard about applying changes to previous standard versions.  
Something should only be considered a DR for previous standard versions if 
what was in the previous standard version is unambiguously *wrong* - not 
simply if a new feature seems nice to have or more convenient to use.

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