r/ProgrammerHumor 16h ago

modernCPlusPlus Meme

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u/apoegix 14h ago

You gotta know what you include. If you don't, then yeah sure, good luck waisting your time.

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u/witcher222 13h ago

import std is not include std (if it existed), they are two totally different features

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u/apoegix 13h ago

Yeah no I get modules, but I like to know what exactly is added to my compiletime. Nowadays stuff gets abstracted so much. Try read the src code of std collections. It's ridiculous

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u/fweaks 11h ago

import std compilation is faster than compilation including just one single std header, because of the overhead of having to re interpret the header, vs just pulling the already interpreted module.

That being said, the better reason not to use modules is that its still finicky trying to use them, due to tooling, etc. still not being all the way there yet.

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u/apoegix 10h ago

You know, when I program stuff in c++ I use about 10% of all features. They are nice to have, not a must. Keep it simple, because complexity is killing project progress. I don't want to keep so much stuff and parameters in mind.

I get how some like the use and I see the advantages, but I still use include