On Sunday, August 21st, 2022 at 2:17 PM, Thiago Macieira via Std-Proposals <std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:


> On Sunday, 21 August 2022 04:11:27 -03 Zhihao Yuan via Std-Proposals wrote:
> > [...] builds like normal code.
>

> Please take this one step further. How does that compile to normal code when
> the size of the character type isn't known at compile time?
>


Ask the users to specify like Rust did,
or -- it's actually possible to compile
such code if the String protocol doesn't
operate char by value. std::string almost
does not do that. The more interesting
question is whether and how to design
existential containers that encapsulate
value semantics or provide a framework
to enable this possibility.

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Zhihao Yuan, ID lichray
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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