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dwattttt
54 days ago
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Initialization in C++ is bonkers (2017)
C++ is supposed to be an extension of <thing with bad default>, so I wouldn't expect <a good default>.
Things can change & grow, that's why we make new standards in the first place.
frollogaston
54 days ago
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It'd be confusing for C++ to differ from C in how primitives work. If they want to evolve C too then sure.
frollogaston
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also there are compiler warnings for uninitialized variables
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Things can change & grow, that's why we make new standards in the first place.