alt Hacker NewsC++ does not have a function keyword at all, I wonder why did they add it in the first place.
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twoodfin • 07/31/2025
To avoid any possibility of reintroducing the Most Vexing Parse?
gpderetta • 07/31/2025
It doesn't, but you can pretend it does:
auto my_function(int, double) -> int;
The c++ notation for functions (and types in general) is horrible, and makes parsing much more expensive than it needs to be. Fixing it is step one if you are making a modern language.