Here's the gist of what I would propose...
https://gist.github.com/d3x0r/f496d0032476ed8b6f980f7ed31280da
In C, there are two operators . and -> used to access members of struct and
union types. These operators are specified such that they are always paired
in usage; for example, if the left hand expression is a pointer to a struct
or union, then the operator -> MUST be used. There is no occasion where .
and -> may be interchanged, given the existing specification.
It should be very evident to the compiler whether the token before '.' or
'->' is a pointer to a struct/union or a struct/union, and just build the
appropriate output.
The source modification for the compiler is very slight, even depending on
flag_c2x(that's not it's name). It ends up changing a lot of existing
lines, just to change their indentation; but that shouldn't really count
against 'changed lines'.
I'm sure, after 4 score and some years ('78-19) that it must surely have
come up before? Anyone able to point me to those existing proposals?
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