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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: 0.001s | source
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38 ◴[17 Oct 24 23:32 UTC] No.41874882[source]▶
the fact that this isn't already done after all these years is one of the reasons why I no longer use C/C++. it takes years and years to get anything done, even the tiniest, most obvious drama free changes. contrast with Go, which has had this since version 1, in 2012:

https://pkg.go.dev/builtin@go1#byte

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1. AlexandrB ◴[18 Oct 24 03:02 UTC] No.41876005[source]▶
Don't worry, 20 years from now Go will also be struggling to change assumptions baked into the language in 2012.