alt Hacker NewsOne reason is that c++ still hasn't gotten 'trivial relocatability' right - i.e being able to memcpy/memmove and not have to call constructors/destructors when growing your vector class.
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Panzerschrek • yesterday at 6:44 PM
C++ compilers optimize-out empty destructor calls and sometimes even replace calls to move constructors/move assignment operators via memcpy. But it's unfortunately not guaranteed in all cases due to constrains of the C++ object/memory model designed initially without proper move semantics.
tardedmeme • yesterday at 9:25 PM
std::is_trivially_copyable says hi
Actually, issues with non-trivial moves and relocations are specific only for C++. Some other languages (notably Rust and Swift) don't have such issues, but still have nice automatic memory management via destructors and containers atop of it.