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| From | Muttley@dastardlyhq.com |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: constexpr was created why? |
| Date | 2022-07-20 08:23 +0000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <tb8e2n$1o26$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <7e7658ec-0e5a-43b5-8d81-ed2157f8415dn@googlegroups.com> <tb7kea$1fr6$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
On Wed, 20 Jul 2022 03:06:18 +0200 Manfred <noname@add.invalid> wrote: >On 7/20/2022 12:25 AM, gdo...@gmail.com wrote: >> is this one of those things where the committee had nothing better to do? >ok, maybe I haven't got to the point where I see the demand for such, but I >will be open-minded and use it when I see an opportunity. >> >> prevents ..., more intuitive ..., easier to type than ..., more expressive >than ..., solves the problem of ..., well I'm sure I'll see all of that at >some point. > >Short answer: to facilitate compile time evaluation. IME ever constexpr I've seen could have been evaluated by the developer directly and just been a hard coded const/macro. Constexprs are generally a solution looking for a problem.
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constexpr was created why? "gdo...@gmail.com" <gdotone@gmail.com> - 2022-07-19 15:25 -0700
Re: constexpr was created why? Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc.corp> - 2022-07-19 23:56 +0100
Re: constexpr was created why? "gdo...@gmail.com" <gdotone@gmail.com> - 2022-07-19 17:18 -0700
Re: constexpr was created why? Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc.corp> - 2022-07-20 01:21 +0100
Re: constexpr was created why? Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-07-20 03:06 +0200
Re: constexpr was created why? Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-07-20 03:24 +0200
Re: constexpr was created why? Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-07-20 08:23 +0000
Re: constexpr was created why? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-07-20 13:04 +0200
Re: constexpr was created why? Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-07-20 15:12 +0000
Re: constexpr was created why? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-07-20 21:00 -0700
Re: constexpr was created why? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-07-20 09:27 +0200
Re: constexpr was created why? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-07-20 09:46 +0000
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