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The empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprint (www.theregister.com)
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[โ€“] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't understand why this is called a "subset", while clearly containing new syntax

A subset would be understood by older compilers, this is a superset

[โ€“] Tamo240@programming.dev 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

The goal of this proposal is to advance a superset of C++ with a rigorously safe subset.

The subset is of the proposed syntax superset. Reason being because the superset also contains explicitly unsafe syntax similar to rust.