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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: 0.218s | source
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jfbastien ◴[18 Oct 24 02:27 UTC] No.41875864[source]▶
Hi! Thanks for the interest on my proposal. I have an updated draft based on feedback I've received so far: https://isocpp.org/files/papers/D3477R1.html
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1. Miniminix ◴[18 Oct 24 11:15 UTC] No.41878308[source]▶
Love the snark in the proposal. Just one gem

> The question isn’t whether there are still architectures where bytes aren’t 8-bits (there are!) but whether these care about modern C++... and whether modern C++ cares about them.