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

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182 points Twirrim | 3 comments | 17 Oct 24 22:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.613s | source
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MaulingMonkey ◴[17 Oct 24 23:50 UTC] No.41874997[source]▶
Some people are still dealing with DSPs.

https://thephd.dev/conformance-should-mean-something-fputc-a...

Me? I just dabble with documenting an unimplemented "50% more bits per byte than the competition!" 12-bit fantasy console of my own invention - replete with inventions such as "UTF-12" - for shits and giggles.

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1. jfbastien ◴[18 Oct 24 02:30 UTC] No.41875875[source]▶
Yes, I'm trying to figure out which are still relevant and whether they target a modern C++, or intend to. I've been asking for a few years and haven't gotten positive answers. The only one that been brought up is TI, I added info in the updated draft: https://isocpp.org/files/papers/D3477R1.html
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2. ndesaulniers ◴[18 Oct 24 04:44 UTC] No.41876413[source]▶
> and would benefit from C23’s _BigInt

s/_BigInt/_BitInt/

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3. jfbastien ◴[18 Oct 24 05:01 UTC] No.41876489[source]▶
Dang, will fix when I get home! Thanks Nick, and hi!