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		Gibbon1 78 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What to do with C++ modules? I've really wanted that in C for a long time. It seems like a very trivial thing as well.

WalterBright 78 days ago [–]

Yeah, it's actually easy to implement, too.

It replaces the preprocesser:

    #define Q abc.T

with hygiene. Once you get used to it, it has all kinds of nice uses.

StilesCrisis 78 days ago | [–]

C++ code generally uses `using` for typedefs. Macro-based typedefs are exceptionally rare and frowned upon.

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