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Re:The Two Factions of C++ by galangalalgol on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @12:23PM (#42247669)
Ok, I think I understand now, but is it really dependently typed just because it symbolically verified it can work with any N and M? Because it will only generate code for the instantiations that get used at compile time.
Re:The Two Factions of C++ by Rusky on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @02:37PM (#42249158)
Is what really dependently typed? I'm saying C++ is not dependently typed, because it doesn't do any symbolic verification of N and M.
Re:The Two Factions of C++ by galangalalgol on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @03:49PM (#42249922)
If rust did add const generic expressions I mean. It still would only generate code for the used instantiations.
Re:The Two Factions of C++ by Rusky on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @06:38PM (#42251356)
Ah, I wasn't really talking about Rust.

Rust already does have some level of const generic expressions, but they are indeed only possible to instantiate with values known at compile time, like C++.

The difficulty of type checking them symbolically still applies regardless of how they're instantiated, but OTOH it doesn't look like Rust is really trying to go that direction.