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I'm not sure how you arrived at that belief, unless perhaps you think everything should be (visibly to the programmer) type-free? Care to elaborate? I think it

by Jach 14y ago

I'm not sure how you arrived at that belief, unless perhaps you think everything should be (visibly to the programmer) type-free? Care to elaborate? I think it would be nice if C and C++ supported more type semantics than `typedef` and `class`, say something as powerful as Haskell's system...

jfb 14y ago
It's the fundamental unfixable crappiness of C declaration syntax that makes 'typedef' necessary.
- akldfgj 14y ago
  Example? What language doesn't need typedefs? Java doesn't have typedefs, and most everyone agrees that's a language bug.
  - jfb 14y ago
    typedef as type aliasing: uncontroversial. typedef to paper over hideous syntax mistakes: disgusting.