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minus-square@ethancedwards8@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 months agoWhy is this a big mistake? I’m not a c++ person
minus-square@bitcrafter@programming.devlinkfedilink5•2 months agoThe mistake was that they created a type that behaves like an array in every case except for bool, for which they created a special magical version that behaves just subtly different enough that it can break things in confusing ways.
minus-square@ethancedwards8@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoCould you provide an example?
minus-square@timhh@programming.devlinkfedilink1•1 month agoThe biggest problem is that each element doesn’t have a unique memory address; iterators aren’t just pointers.
Why is this a big mistake? I’m not a c++ person
The mistake was that they created a type that behaves like an array in every case except for
bool, for which they created a special magical version that behaves just subtly different enough that it can break things in confusing ways.Could you provide an example?
The biggest problem is that each element doesn’t have a unique memory address; iterators aren’t just pointers.