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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: 0s | 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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loup-vaillant ◴[17 Nov 25 13:17 UTC] No.45953287[source]▶
> I'm baffled as to why you would want to use macros to emulate c++.

I like the power of destructors (auto cleanup) and templates (generic containers). But I also want a language that I can parse. Like, at all.

C is pretty easy to parse. Quite a few annoying corner cases, some context sensitive stuff, but still pretty workable. C++ on the other hand? It’s mostly pick a frontend or the highway.

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1. CyberDildonics ◴[17 Nov 25 15:51 UTC] No.45954654[source]▶
There was a language called clay that was C compatible but had move semantics, destructors, templates and operator overloading.