Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderFrom the article: > it’s completely bonkers to expect the average user to build an overloaded callable object with recursive templates just to see if the thing they’re looking at holds an int or a string. You don't have to: http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/variant/holds_alter... (and http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/variant/get to access the value).
I think using this feature is the wrong advice. Frankly I think much of modern C++ should be rejected. If you want to use a language like with those features then fricken switch language! There are countless better alternatives today: Rust, Swift, D, Haskell etc. Many are stuck on C++ for legacy reasons. I have worked in such large C++ legacy systems for many years in the past. The average programmer simply cannot deal effectively with this modern C++. It…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 324
- Total comments
- 376
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-14 | Std::visit is everything wrong with modern C++First breakout · Best thread | foob | 201 | 144 |
| 2020-10-29 | Std: Visit is everything wrong with modern C++ | mmm_grayons | 3 | 0 |
| 2020-12-05 | Std::visit is everything wrong with modern C++ (2017)Latest 20+ point return | xucheng | 120 | 232 |