Ki

What I Wish C Did

This is a list of C feature requests. Since Ki already focuses on safety, wishes mitigated by that goal are omitted.

• Data structures
  • string
  • array
    • parray
  • linked list
  • table
  • set
  • queue (deque)
• Better types
  • Type safety
  • First-class types
  • Derivative types
• Nicer fixed-width types (u8, s8, etc.)
• Better support for working with functions
  • Nicer function pointer syntax
  • Anonymous functions
• Arbitrary precision numbers
• More powerful iterators
  • For-each loop
• UTF-8 everywhere
• Module system
  • No preprocessor
  • No headers
• Operator overloading
• Namespaces
  • struct/component/type hierarchy
• Generators/Coroutines
• In-place initialization
• Type inference
• Consistent error signaling/handling
• Access control (beyond opaque structs)