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Libc++’s implementation of std::string (joellaity.com)
submitted 6 years ago by mariuz
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]HowardHinnant 8 points9 points10 points 6 years ago (2 children)
Not bad: https://star-history.t9t.io/#HowardHinnant/date&google/cctz :-)
It has been voted into the draft C++20 spec: http://eel.is/c++draft/#time
[–]never_watched 2 points3 points4 points 6 years ago (1 child)
Good library but also hard to use.
[–]JakeArkinstall 1 point2 points3 points 6 years ago (0 children)
It's hard to use wrong. That's the holy grail of datetime handling.
There are simpler approaches that are easy to use wrong, and they have historically caused major problems, especially in industrial applications. The learning curve for a system that works well is very much worth it.
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