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Re:C++ Modules Might Be Dead-On-Arrival by kps on Monday January 28, 2019 @11:33AM (#19018775)
Use ‘−’ for subtraction, allow ‘–’ and ‘‐’ in identifiers, and report an error for ‘-’.
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Re:C++ Modules Might Be Dead-On-Arrival by mort96 on Monday January 28, 2019 @12:32PM (#19019278)
Sure, just make everyone replace their keyboard with one which has two `-` buttons and make everyone understand why they need two buttons for something which looks like the same letter and you can safely use – for one thing and — for the other.
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