simplify C comparison structure

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/errors.md b/errors.md
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+TODO

diff --git a/vs-c.md b/vs-c.md
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Some of the footguns and complexity in C come from misfeatures that can simply n
 

 ## Footguns

 

-### Almost Always The Wrong Thing

+Some constructs in C are almost always the wrong thing.

 

 -   `goto`

 -   Octal literals

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Some of the footguns and complexity in C come from misfeatures that can simply n
 -   Mixed chains of bitwise or logical operators (e.g. `2 & x && 4 ^ y`)

 -   The comma operator `,`

 

-### Explicit Beats Implicit

+Some constructs in C exhibit implicit behavior that should instead be made explicit.

 

 -   `typedef`

 -   Octal escape sequences

@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ Some of the footguns and complexity in C come from misfeatures that can simply n
 

 ## Needless Complexity

 

-### Let The Compiler Decide

+Some type modifiers in C exist solely for the purpose of enabling optimizations which most compilers can do already.

 

 -   `inline`

 -   `register`

 

-### Who Even Cares

+Some type modifiers in C only apply in very specific circumstances and so aren't important.

 

 -   `restrict`

 -   `volatile`

@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ However, sometimes it just sucks, and in those cases Crowbar makes changes.
 ## Anti-Footguns

 

 -   C is generous with memory in ways that are unreliable by default. 

-    Crowbar adds [memory safety guarantees](safety.md) to make correctness the default behavior.

+    Crowbar adds [memory safety conventions](safety.md) to make correctness the default behavior.

+-   C's conventions for error handling are unreliable by default.

+    Crowbar adds [error propagation](errors.md) to make correctness the default behavior.

 

 ## Trivial Room For Improvement