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C++ proposal: There are exactly 8 bits in a byte

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288 points Twirrim | 3 comments | 17 Oct 24 22:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.525s | source
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harry8 ◴[17 Oct 24 23:35 UTC] No.41874909[source]▶
Is C++ capable of deprecating or simplifying anything?

Honest question, haven't followed closely. rand() is broken,I;m told unfixable and last I heard still wasn't deprecated.

Is this proposal a test? "Can we even drop support for a solution to a problem literally nobody has?"

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1. hyperhello ◴[18 Oct 24 00:58 UTC] No.41875407[source]▶
C++ long ago crossed the line where making any change is more work than any benefit it could ever create.
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2. pjmlp ◴[18 Oct 24 08:43 UTC] No.41877472[source]▶
It is one of my favourite languages, but I think it has already crossed over the complexity threshold PL/I was known for.
3. BoringTimesGang ◴[18 Oct 24 09:46 UTC] No.41877778[source]▶
This is such an odd thing to read & compare to how eager my colleagues are to upgrade the compiler to take advantage of new features. There's so much less need to specify types in situations where the information is implicitly available after C++ 20/17. So many boost libraries have been replaced by superior std versions.

And this has happened again and again on this enormous codebase that started before it was even called 'C++'.