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Giving C a superpower: custom header file (safe_c.h)

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271 points mithcs | 1 comments | 17 Nov 25 10:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.193s | source
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krapht ◴[17 Nov 25 12:41 UTC] No.45953071[source]▶
C++: "look at what others must do to mimic a fraction of my power"

This is cute, but also I'm baffled as to why you would want to use macros to emulate c++. Nothing is stopping you from writing c-like c++ if that's what you like style wise.

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1. Qwuke ◴[17 Nov 25 12:58 UTC] No.45953176[source]▶
It's interesting to me to see how easily you can reach a much safer C without adding _everything_ from C++ as a toy project. I really enjoyed the read!

Though yes, you should probably just write C-like C++ at that point, and the result sum types used made me chuckle in that regard because they were added with C++17. This person REALLY wants modern CPP features..