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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 29 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (4 children)

C++ lets you assign variables with <%%> in case your parents were killed by an equals sign.

I have the perfect module to use this once. Most people will see it and will figure out that it is doing what it should, but no one can change it because the file will be LFS locked like 99% of the time.

[–] entwine@programming.dev 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

TIL about bat! Looks awesome!

[–] djmikeale@feddit.dk 3 points 7 hours ago

Bat is really cool - I share your enthusiasm! As far as I remember, the repo for bat has a bunch of example use cases that I hadn't thought of, fyi!

[–] blobchoice@feddit.uk 6 points 11 hours ago

Finally, someone gets it

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

What is happening there?

Is it about templates? I can't find any reference for that syntax.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Oh, I didn't know about digraphs at all. C++ is a really big language.

And wow, that's a well hidden footgun.