Where would I go with an idea for the next C standard?

Question

I've been reading up a lot on how C works, and I think I have an idea for how to make it better. From what I've read it seems like the standard changes from time to time, and I was wondering if there is a place I could go to submit a new idea for the next revision.

Answer 1

The committee's web site is http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG14/.

Their contact info is at http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/contacts.

The most recent C standard was released late last year; a draft that should be almost identical to the released standard, is N1570, or you can buy the official standard from the ANSI store, or from your national standards body.

Ideas are often discussed on the comp.std.c Usenet newsgroup; it's a good place to get feedback, but it has no official association with the committee.

Your idea will have a much better chance of being adopted if you can demonstrate existing practice, i.e., and existing C compiler that already implements it as an extension -- and if it doesn't violate the vaguely defined "spirit of C".