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I Don't Use Exceptions in C++ Anymore (thelig.ht)
submitted 1 year ago by pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org to c/programming@programming.dev
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Using exceptions in C++ desktop and server applications overall made sense to me. As I expanded my usage of C++ into other domains, specifically embedded domains, I began to experience more compelling reasons not to use exceptions first-hand...

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[-] qwertyasdef@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

At a library level, couldn't you have an opaque sum type where the only thing you can do with it is call a match method that requires a function pointer for each possible variant of the sum type? It'd be pretty cursed to use but at least it wouldn't require compiler plugins.

[-] colonial@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'd bet five bucks some desperate Haskeller or Rustacean has implemented exactly that. You could also probably use nested functions for GCC C or lambdas in C++ to move everything inline?

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