Hi Chris,

On Sat, Jan 17, 2026 at 05:47:34PM +0000, Christopher Bazley wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 12:56 AM Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The only place programmers would notice the different prototype would be
> > in function pointers, but that's where Chris's proposal N3674 would kick
> > in.  It would allow unidirectional implicit conversions of functions
> > where one is more restrictive than the other regarding qualifiers.
> >
> > I can't test that part, as there's no prior art in any compilers, as far
> > as I know.
> 
> I started an implementation of enhanced type variance (N3674) in GCC
> during the summer. From memory, it mostly works, but I haven't found
> time to complete it because I have had new challenges in my day job
> and I have two very young children.

:-)

> It would be very useful if I could
> get sponsorship from my employer to work on this stuff.

Yup!

> Right now, any spare time I have is going into the technical
> specification of _Optional (N3597) because the fact that SDCC has
> already implemented _Optional has increased the urgency of that TS
> relative to enhanced type variance (in my mind).

Makes sense.

> Chris


Have a lovely night!
Alex

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