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Meh. Some of these are no longer problematic in recent versions of the language. Braced initialization obviates the most vexing parse, for example.

• anuragsoni 10y ago
  That is true, but there is still some ambiguity with initializer lists[1] [1] http://scottmeyers.blogspot.com/2016/11/help-me-sort-out-meaning-of-as.html http://scottmeyers.blogspot.com/2016/11/help-me-sort-out-mea... Discussion on hackernews about that blog post by Scott Meyers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13014429 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13014429
  • hellofunk 10y ago
    Some decent discussions there, I missed them before, thanks for pointing them out. Overall I disagree with some of the commenters who take one look at {{}} and cue the syntax bashing. I've found that many of the new syntactic conveniences in the language have brought a net positive to expressiveness and elegance.
    • anuragsoni 10y ago
      Don't get me wrong. I agree that the new syntactic conveniences have improved the overall developer experience of using C++. I know how difficult it is to improve things in C++ while still maintaining backward compatibility with the huge history it has. C++11/14 was a step in the right direction and i'm looking forward to what will come with the new, more rapid release cycles they are trying to adopt.