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How to make support for bindings for a scripting language
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I'm making a scripting language using C++. I plan to use it with a simple test game editor. But I have to make a support for bindings to call game engine's nodes' methods to update positions, ...
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How does C++ handle multiple inheritance with a shared common ancestor?
I'm not a C++ guy, but I'm forced to think about this. Why is multiple inheritance possible in C++, but not in C#? (I know of the diamond problem, but that's not what I'm asking here). How does C++ ...
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Which numeral systems are useful in computer science?
I am wondering which numeral system different programmers are using, or would use if their language has support for them. As an example, in C++ we can use:
Octal by prefixing with 0 (e.g. 0377)
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Simplifying C++11 optimal parameter passing when a copy is needed
It seems to me that in C++11 lots of attention was made to simplify returning values from functions and methods, i.e.: with move semantics it's possible to simply return heavy-to-copy but ...
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Why is C++ still “hybrid”
On a related question, it has been clarified why C++ is not compatible with C in many aspects. However C++ is still a "hybrid"* language. And unfortunately, many programmers still consider C++ as a "C ...
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C++ users proposals
I believe I have some good suggestions to improve the C++ language. Who should I contact to discuss this? Do I have the chance to be heard, especially if I'm not a renowned expert?
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Did the developers of Java consciously abandon RAII?
As a long-time C# programmer, I have recently come to learn more about the advantages of Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII). In particular, I have discovered that the C# idiom:
using (var ...
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C++: calling non-member functions with the same syntax of member ones
One thing I'd like to do in C++ is to call non-member functions with the same syntax you call member functions:
class A { };
void f( A & this ) { /* ... */ }
// ...
A a;
a.f(); // this is the ...
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What to do if I hate C++ header files?
I was always confused about header files. They are so strange: you include .h file which doesn't include .cpp but .cpp are somehow compiled too.
Recently I joined a team project, and of course, ...
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Long Keywords like `function` and `namespace`
In many English-based programming languages like C++ and JavaScript, there exist long keywords like function, namespace, exception (in OCaml languages) and such. Do you think shorter keywords like ...
