Re:The Two Factions of C++
by galangalalgol on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @03:49PM
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If rust did add const generic expressions I mean. It still would only generate code for the used instantiations.
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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.