I remember the C++ ca. 1994 year when I started my career. It was C with Objects back then. And it was great! C++ was better C, it was easy for any C dev to convince him/her to jump to it.
I recently had to work with C++ code and... it is not a happy story anymore:
- Lots of magic like described here
- F**ing templates - for those who like them, did you ever see a C++ core file? Or tried to understand a single symbol?
- Standarization that feels like pulling more Boost into the language, which means more templates. Which makes core files incomprehensible.
It used the be that average dev who knew C could read and work with simple C++. This is no longer true. C++ is no longer a better C.
P.S.
Example from recent core file, one line in the stack trace: boost::asio::asio_handler_invoke<boost::asio::detail::binder2<core::AsyncSignalCatcher<2, 15, 17>::waitForSignal<XServer::m_accept_loop(tsr::Data&)::<lambda(spawn::yield_context)>::<lambda(int)> >(XServer::m_accept_loop(tsr::Data&)::<lambda(spawn::yield_context)>::<lambda(int)>&&)::<lambda(const boost::system::error_code&, int)>, boost::system::error_code, int> > (function=...)
I recently had to work with C++ code and... it is not a happy story anymore:
- Lots of magic like described here
- F**ing templates - for those who like them, did you ever see a C++ core file? Or tried to understand a single symbol?
- Standarization that feels like pulling more Boost into the language, which means more templates. Which makes core files incomprehensible.
It used the be that average dev who knew C could read and work with simple C++. This is no longer true. C++ is no longer a better C.
P.S. Example from recent core file, one line in the stack trace: boost::asio::asio_handler_invoke<boost::asio::detail::binder2<core::AsyncSignalCatcher<2, 15, 17>::waitForSignal<XServer::m_accept_loop(tsr::Data&)::<lambda(spawn::yield_context)>::<lambda(int)> >(XServer::m_accept_loop(tsr::Data&)::<lambda(spawn::yield_context)>::<lambda(int)>&&)::<lambda(const boost::system::error_code&, int)>, boost::system::error_code, int> > (function=...)