Re:Implementing Go's defer keyword in C++
by xyzzy_plugh on Saturday October 21, 2017 @09:20PM
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I've seen a lot of C++, and there's no consensus on what "boring conventions" are.
Some places ban templates, some ban RAII. Some ban operator overloading. Some ban lambdas or C++11 features. Some ban macros.
There's a lot of variety, and just because you use something like this in your library or project doesn't mean you can't come out and play. C++ is the most "be yourself" language I've encountered. There is no idiomatic code.
Now, I get where you are coming from, and I'd love C++ a lot more if there was less feature abuse, but I've accepted that the ship has sailed.
Some places ban templates, some ban RAII. Some ban operator overloading. Some ban lambdas or C++11 features. Some ban macros.
There's a lot of variety, and just because you use something like this in your library or project doesn't mean you can't come out and play. C++ is the most "be yourself" language I've encountered. There is no idiomatic code.
Now, I get where you are coming from, and I'd love C++ a lot more if there was less feature abuse, but I've accepted that the ship has sailed.