Re:Is Zig's New Writer Unsafe?
by rollcat on Saturday September 20, 2025 @01:27PM
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> "zero-cost abstractions"
I believe that in modern times, this term refers to stuff like: transparent conversion to a low-level representation (e.g. a bit-packed integer) from a high-level, statically checked datatype - e.g. a tagged union with exhaustive pattern matching, aka ADT. This is also something C++ etc lack.
I believe that in modern times, this term refers to stuff like: transparent conversion to a low-level representation (e.g. a bit-packed integer) from a high-level, statically checked datatype - e.g. a tagged union with exhaustive pattern matching, aka ADT. This is also something C++ etc lack.