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

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182 points Twirrim | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 22:21 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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nialv7 ◴[17 Oct 24 23:55 UTC] No.41875032[source]▶
well they managed to get two's complement requirement into C++20. there is always hope.
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oefrha ◴[18 Oct 24 01:12 UTC] No.41875491[source]▶
Well then someone somewhere with some mainframe got so angry they decided to write a manifesto to condemn kids these days and announced a fork of Qt because Qt committed the cardinal sin of adopting C++20. So don’t say “a problem literally nobody has”, someone always has a use case; although at some point it’s okay to make a decision to ignore them.

https://lscs-software.com/LsCs-Manifesto.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41614949

Edit: Fixed typo pointed out by child.

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1. ripe ◴[18 Oct 24 01:33 UTC] No.41875583[source]▶
> because Qt committed the carnal sin of adopting C++20

I do believe you meant to write "cardinal sin," good sir. Unless Qt has not only become sentient but also corporeal when I wasn't looking and gotten close and personal with the C++ standard...