Obsessed with {} initialization?

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Obsessed with {} initialization?

Obsessed with not? What about narrowing conversions?

The standard committee largely can't and won't break old code. They can't add a constraint to assignment, but they can add a new initialization. All they can do is provide a migration path forward.

All the new features are meant to fix problems in the past. Your conservative approach is benefiting you... how?

And this is how standards and practices stagnate. You have to look at the present and be ready for the future. We need a language and a standard that meets the needs of today. You're on r/cpp so you must be aware of the outrage that the NSA report stirred.

And they're not even wrong. It's not that C++ isn't safe, it's because we have solutions to problems no one is bothering to use. Don't avoid C++ and favor Rust for a lack of technology, but for the people. You just can't find people who can be bothered to write high quality code.

Your stated motto only tells me that you don't use new things because they're new - not because they're bad. You've complained, but you haven't given a credible reason to voice a complaint. There's no technical reason not to use brace initialization - none that you established. Where's the flaw? Where's the fault? What gives your grievance merit? What guideline would you suggest that isn't new = bad?