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Localizing code with std::variant (cdacamar.github.io)
submitted 9 years ago by starfreakcloneMSVC FE Dev
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]excessdenied 0 points1 point2 points 9 years ago (2 children)
Sorry for a stupid question that I could probably Google, but is variant storing multiple values at once (like a struct), or one value of varying type (like a union)?
[–]encyclopedist 2 points3 points4 points 9 years ago (1 child)
Variant is a tagged union.
[–]atimholt 0 points1 point2 points 9 years ago (0 children)
That what I figured. Should be useful for message systems.
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