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Re:ClickHouse Keeper: A ZooKeeper alternative written in C++ by stonemetal12 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:32PM (#37677196)
It is to let you know to not use it, since it is a pile of Memory related CVEs just waiting for the joy of discovery.
Re:ClickHouse Keeper: A ZooKeeper alternative written in C++ by zX41ZdbW on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:46PM (#37677415)
That's true - C++ libraries are typically bug-ridden and require exhaustive efforts to clean up.

But the latest bugs found by ClickHouse continuous integration system in the related library were fixed about a year ago:

https://github.com/eBay/NuRaft/pull/373 https://github.com/eBay/NuRaft/pull/392

Re:ClickHouse Keeper: A ZooKeeper alternative written in C++ by jsiepkes on Thursday September 28, 2023 @02:55AM (#37686236)
If even Google, Mozilla, Apple and Microsoft can't get C++ right in their apps with all the fuzing tools they invented I don't have much faith other companies are going to fare better with memory safety and C++.