Why does c++ standard still not include file system and networking? Do you have any clue, why the C++ standard committee is not even thinking about adding such an essential features in the future? No, mainly because that is not true!There are ongoing efforts to define standard support for both. Personally, I don’t see why … Read more
The simple answer that won’t help you much is that this is done for backwards compatibility with C, that has exactly the same syntax to define variables. The rationale for that design would have to come from the creators of C, and I don’t really know it. What I do know is that most coding … Read more
Sequential logic is faster (see the benchmark below the fold), but it almost never matters. The clearer and more maintainable code should always be selected. Only a demonstrated need should cause one to cease optimizing for the programmer and begin optimizing for the machine. By demonstrated, I mean measured–you ran it and found it to … Read more
Firstly, a common mistake in reading 8.5.3p5 is to miss that it has two top level bullet points. You may have accidentally misread the final occurence of “Otherwise” as a third bullet point – but it is in fact a subpart of the second bullet point (also starting Otherwise). char a=”a”; char* p = &a; … Read more