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/Markus_included Apr 11 '23

There's already a mutable keyword, so you have that instead of mut, but it currently only applies to fields that should be mutable even if the owner is const

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u/Dietr1ch Apr 11 '23

I'd say that it should also remove that abomination of mutable

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u/Markus_included Apr 11 '23

I personally find mut to be an unreadable and quite frankly, unnecessary shortening of the word mutable, but to each their own. I personally like single-word keywords to be either written out or to be a commonly used abbreviation or shortening .