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		actionfromafar on Jan 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C23: A Slightly Better C Not sure what waa meant but what comes to mind to me who has dabbled in embedded is that in C it’s painfully clear how long “objects” live and when you tear them down and how. In C++ stuff can easily “happen” at an inopportune moment.

mgaunard on Jan 22, 2024 [–]

Same in C++: happens at the end of the scope. You precisely control where that is.

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