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

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288 points Twirrim | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 22:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.23s | 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. pjmlp ◴[18 Oct 24 08:42 UTC] No.41877466[source]▶
GC API from C++11 was removed in C++23, understandibly so, given that it wasn't designed taking into account the needs of Unreal C++ and C++/CLI, the only two major variants that have GC support.

Exception specifications have been removed, although some want them back for value type exceptions, if that ever happens.

auto_ptr has been removed, given its broken design.

Now on the simplying side, not really, as the old ways still need to be understood.