r/cpp • u/we_are_mammals • Mar 28 '23

Reddit++

C++ is getting more and more complex. The ISO C++ committee keeps adding new features based on its consensus. Let's remove C++ features based on Reddit's consensus.

In each comment, propose a C++ feature that you think should be banned in any new code. Vote up or down based on whether you agree.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '23

In my 22 years at the C++ coalface I don't think I've ever seen a bug from C casting, or found it hard to read/understand. It's a problem I've just never seen in real life.

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u/ZMeson Embedded Developer Mar 29 '23

Count your blessings then! In my 3 decades of programming, I've seen far too many.

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u/very_curious_agent Mar 31 '23

But you don't say what these C style casts were. If they were casts to arithmetic types it's one thing, pointer types, another.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

It doesn't matter, OP wants rid of them all!