cmeerw to C++English · edit-28 months agoThe empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprintwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down12cross-posted to: programming[email protected]
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkThe empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprintwww.theregister.comcmeerw to C++English · edit-28 months agomessage-square37linkfedilinkcross-posted to: programming[email protected]
minus-squarekSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7Elinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoI don’t understand why this is called a “subset”, while clearly containing new syntax A subset would be understood by older compilers, this is a superset
minus-squareTamo240linkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-28 months ago The goal of this proposal is to advance a superset of C++ with a rigorously safe subset. The subset is of the proposed syntax superset. Reason being because the superset also contains explicitly unsafe syntax similar to rust.
I don’t understand why this is called a “subset”, while clearly containing new syntax
A subset would be understood by older compilers, this is a superset
The subset is of the proposed syntax superset. Reason being because the superset also contains explicitly unsafe syntax similar to rust.