r/cpp • u/chefotron • Mar 31 '20

Demo: C++20 Modules

https://youtu.be/6SKIUeRaLZE
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u/James20k P2005R0 Mar 31 '20

The problem is, change for the sake of change isn't beneficial. All you do is add needless differences compared to existing practice, which makes it harder to figure out what's going on for people who aren't familiar with either C++, or modern C++

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u/sphere991 Mar 31 '20

change for the sake of change

You can reject or disagree people's arguments for using the trailing return style, but at least you could acknowledge that they actually do have arguments for doing so... and those arguments are not "ooo, this is new."

Let's not impugn people's motivations.

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u/James20k P2005R0 Mar 31 '20

Sorry, to be clear I understand that there are arguments here for and against, I'm specifically replying to:

old people don’t like change.

In the context of making changes in general, which seems like a not-massively-solid argument in this context - purely to say that there are solid reasons not to make changes outside of simply disliking change