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Re:Pointers Are More Abstract Than You Might Expect in C by kibwen on Monday July 02, 2018 @11:53PM (#17447369)
> even though the compiler gives a detailed pointer to why, it's cold comfort

We'll just have to agree to disagree, because having the compiler watch my back and preemptively guard against unforeseen pitfalls is about the warmest comfort I could ask for. :P

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Re:Pointers Are More Abstract Than You Might Expect in C by civility on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @02:00AM (#17447907)
Generics and operator traits ought to be orthogonal and composable. Would you still be comforted if the compiler didn't let you mix for loops and arithmetic in one function? I mean, even if it gave you a detailed error message...
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