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498 points azhenley | 2 comments | 31 Oct 25 02:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.483s | source

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shmerl ◴[31 Oct 25 03:29 UTC] No.45768080[source]▶

Proposing making immutable by default in C or C++ doesn't make sense due to backwards compatibility reasons. New languages like Rust have easier time making better choices with immutable by default.

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1. loeg ◴[31 Oct 25 03:37 UTC] No.45768149[source]▶

>>45768080 #

cpp2/cfront could plausibly do this, right? Except he doesn't want to:

https://github.com/hsutter/cppfront/wiki/Design-note%3A-cons...

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2. shmerl ◴[31 Oct 25 03:44 UTC] No.45768185[source]▶

>>45768149 (TP) #

Well, if they are willing to break backwards compatibility, a lot of things can be improved, including this.

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