JF BastienOct 16, 2024
Proposing that C++ acknowledge that there are exactly 8 bits in a byte.
I’d love feedback, especially from embedded / DSP folks who think this is a terrible idea.
https://isocpp.org/files/papers/P3477R0.html
P3477R0: There are exactly 8 bits in a byte

Show threadAlonaOct 16, 2024
@jfbastien but then how will i feel really clever when using i/CHAR_BIT, i%CHAR_BIT in yet another reimplementation of a bit set. years of useless standardeeze trivia down the drain
Show threadJF Bastien
@aDot I put exactly this clever personality in the paper ☺️
Forever immortalized.
Oct 16, 2024 at 10:23pmWeb