[HN Gopher] Initialization in C++ is bonkers (2017)
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       Initialization in C++ is bonkers (2017)
        
       Author : todsacerdoti
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2025-05-15 21:27 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | gnabgib wrote:
       | Small discussion at the time (42 points, 6 comments)
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14532478
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       | Related: _Initialization in C++ is Seriously Bonkers_ (166
       | points, 2019, 126 points)
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18832311
        
       | nlehuen wrote:
       | Not to worry, there is a 278 page book about initialization in
       | C++!
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       | https://leanpub.com/cppinitbook
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       | (I don't know whether it's good or not, I just find it
       | fascinating that it exists)
        
         | nitrogen99 wrote:
         | Well, authors are incentivized into writing long books. Having
         | said that it obviously doesn't take away the fact that C++ init
         | is indeed bonkers.
        
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