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Re:C++26: A Placeholder with No Name by bigstrat2003 on Saturday January 11, 2025 @02:49PM (#42668458)
Verbosity is not bad. When it makes the code clearer, it is even a good thing.
Re:C++26: A Placeholder with No Name by ithkuil on Saturday January 11, 2025 @03:42PM (#42668768)
Complex type parameters make explicit typing highly impractical to be used all the times

I like rust's approach in that it allows a mixture of explicit types and type inference using placeholders

For example: "let x : Result<Foo<int, _>, _> = make_foo();"