Comment by zabzonk

Comment by zabzonk a day ago

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> So, what are the forces that have determined the current state of C++?

A subset of the language aimed at library writers. As a user of those libraries all these weirdo features are likely to be transparent.

yosefk a day ago

TFA explains how std::move is tricky to use and this is not a feature reserved for library writers

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  • zabzonk a day ago

    Of course it is not reserved for library writers - nothing is. But it is not a feature that application writers should worry about overmuch.

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    • yosefk a day ago

      std::move is definitely for there for optimizing application code and is often used there. another silly thing you often see is people allocating something with a big sizeof on the stack and then std::moving it to the heap, as if it saves the copying

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      • zabzonk a day ago

        > another silly thing you often see is people allocating something with a big sizeof on the stack and then std::moving it to the heap, as if it saves the copying

        never seen this - an example?

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