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Re:Chad Strings – The Chad way to handle strings in C by junon on Friday May 21, 2021 @01:47AM (#27230903)
Note the term "easily". C++ verifiers have to understand template types, overloads, etc.

I'm sure we'll get there one day. Frama-C is inching toward it at molasses speeds.

But right now, C is undeniably easier to verify than C++.

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Re:Chad Strings – The Chad way to handle strings in C by quotemstr on Friday May 21, 2021 @03:08AM (#27231297)
> C++ verifiers have to understand template types, overloads, etc.

If they operate at some compiler IR level (e.g. LLVM bitcode), the difference between C and C++ verification is nothing. C++ is purely a front-end thing. Why should formal verifiers operate at the AST level?

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