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Compiler Options Hardening Guide for C and C++

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227 points pjmlp | 1 comments | 31 Mar 25 11:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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dapperdrake ◴[31 Mar 25 12:40 UTC] No.43534297[source]▶
Related: Rob Pike on programming style, especially his note in include files: http://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs/pikestyle

See also: SQLites amalgamation. Others (iirc Philippe Gaultier) have called this a Unity build: https://sqlite.org/amalgamation.html

Rob Pike on systems software research: http://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs/utah2000/utah2000.html

EDIT: typo

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z_open ◴[31 Mar 25 14:57 UTC] No.43535776[source]▶
His opinions on include files have fallen out of favor because compiling is faster and it adds needless work. Are there organizations that still do this? All the style guides I've seen do not.
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1. dapperdrake ◴[31 Mar 25 15:01 UTC] No.43535836[source]▶
If your filesystem and disks are fast enough, then maybe Rob's assumptions don't apply.