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Re:The C++ standard for the F-35 Fighter Jet [video] by tialaramex on Sunday December 07, 2025 @05:08PM (#46185705)
Traditionally the time for bike shedding the exact syntax is much closer to stabilization.

Because Rust is allowed (at this sort of distance in time) to reserve new keywords via editions, it's not a problem to invent more, so I generally do prefer new keywords over re-using existing words but I'm sure I'd be interested in reading the pros and cons.

Re:The C++ standard for the F-35 Fighter Jet [video] by zozbot234 on Sunday December 07, 2025 @05:40PM (#46186040)
The usual argument against a decorated `return` keyword is that a proper tail call is not a true "return" since it has to first drop any locals that aren't passed thru to the tail call. I don't think it's a very good argument because if the distinction of where exactly those implicit drops occur was that important, we'd probably choose to require explicit drops anyway.