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Don’t blindly prefer emplace_back to push_back

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178 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 04 Mar 21 08:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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user-the-name ◴[04 Mar 21 09:16 UTC] No.26340320[source]▶
"emplace_back"? People actually looked at this and went "Yes, this is a good function name. I understand this perfectly."?
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matheusmoreira ◴[04 Mar 21 09:20 UTC] No.26340345[source]▶
Naming things is very hard. Wish there was away to learn how to do it better. Reading more to acquire new vocabulary? Learning latin? I'm not really sure.
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1. johannes1234321 ◴[04 Mar 21 09:25 UTC] No.26340375[source]▶
Wouldn't have that the inverse effect? - The more I know about the origin and etymology the more clever words I pick, the harder it is for the ones without that knowledge? The more trivial name might be the better one.