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Quite the opposite, actually. He said that he will probably be fired, but should still insist on it being the right way: "Any coding standard which insists on s

by dnlgl 7y ago

Quite the opposite, actually. He said that he will probably be fired, but should still insist on it being the right way: "Any coding standard which insists on syntactic clarity at the expense of algorithmic clarity should be rewritten. If your employer fires you for using this trick, tell them that repeatedly as the security staff drag you out of the building." https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/coroutines.html https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/coroutines.html

manwe150 7y ago
Excitingly, we soon may be able to have both (if you can compile your C code with a C++ compiler). Coroutines are in the working draft for the C++20 spec, so they may soon be provided by the runtime (and thus integrate into all of the other language features and syntax) instead of requiring hacking it up with string macros: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/coroutines https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/coroutines
- alexhutcheson 7y ago
  If you want coroutines before upgrading to a C++20 toolchain, you can also try: - boost::Fiber for C++: https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_70_0/libs/fiber/doc/html/index.html https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_70_0/libs/fiber/doc/html/in... - boost::coroutine2 for C++: https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_70_0/libs/coroutine2/doc/html/index.html https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_70_0/libs/coroutine2/doc/ht... (lower level than boost::Fiber, and doesn't include an internal scheduler) - libtask for C: https://swtch.com/libtask/ https://swtch.com/libtask/ In the C++ context, this doc summarizes the distinction between "fibers" and "coroutines", although the terminology is not consistent across language ecosystems: http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2014/n4024.pdf http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2014/n402...
  - kitd 7y ago
    D also has fibers, and good C/C++ integration, so that could be an option too. http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/fibers.html http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/fibers.html

by dnlgl 7y ago

manwe150 7y ago

Excitingly, we soon may be able to have both (if you can compile your C code with a C++ compiler). Coroutines are in the working draft for the C++20 spec, so they may soon be provided by the runtime (and thus integrate into all of the other language features and syntax) instead of requiring hacking it up with string macros: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/coroutines https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/coroutines

alexhutcheson 7y ago
If you want coroutines before upgrading to a C++20 toolchain, you can also try: - boost::Fiber for C++: https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_70_0/libs/fiber/doc/html/index.html https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_70_0/libs/fiber/doc/html/in... - boost::coroutine2 for C++: https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_70_0/libs/coroutine2/doc/html/index.html https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_70_0/libs/coroutine2/doc/ht... (lower level than boost::Fiber, and doesn't include an internal scheduler) - libtask for C: https://swtch.com/libtask/ https://swtch.com/libtask/ In the C++ context, this doc summarizes the distinction between "fibers" and "coroutines", although the terminology is not consistent across language ecosystems: http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2014/n4024.pdf http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2014/n402...
- kitd 7y ago
  D also has fibers, and good C/C++ integration, so that could be an option too. http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/fibers.html http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/fibers.html