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minus-squaretimhh@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·1 day agoWell there are containers that store booleans in single bits (e.g. std::vector<bool> - which was famously a big mistake). But in the general case you don’t want that because it would be slower.
minus-squareethancedwards8@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 hours agoWhy is this a big mistake? I’m not a c++ person
minus-squarebitcrafter@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 hours 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-squareethancedwards8@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoCould you provide an example?
Well there are containers that store booleans in single bits (e.g.
std::vector<bool>- which was famously a big mistake).But in the general case you don’t want that because it would be slower.
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?