The other day one honourable “Rustacean” (translated: proficient in Rust) commented: “…Rust is designed under the assumption that after a period of cognitive training, you should reach the point …” .
Let us be clear: He actually meant well. Continue reading
Do not use static_assert to constrain the types you are developing. Huh? What that even means? Why not? Continue reading
Clarifications added, ommissions and typos fixed. Importantly Godbolt implementation was added. Continue reading
Design decision explanation. Continue reading
std::apply is a typical example of those numerous standard C++ std lib types begging to be made comfortable. Not just usable.
In its raw form, it requires a lot of typing. And a lot of typing means a lot of bugs. Made by the team of course, not you. So, I made one little proxy type aka “wrapper” that is really simple but makes std::apply usage, much more palatable. And safe. Continue reading
Just how many times you had admitted to yourself? It was rather foolish to think of globals in C++ as “a simple thing” :) After all: “What could possibly go wrong”tm ? If you know what I am talking about please proceed. Continue reading