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		jokabrink on Nov 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Const vs. constexpr vs. consteval vs. constinit in... Whenever I see that C++ added some language extension, I can't help but think about Bjarne Stroustrup's "Remember the Vasa" Paper [1] and wonder if he had meant this type of complexity he warned against... - [1](https://www.stroustrup.com/P0977-remember-the-vasa.pdf)

tialaramex on Nov 28, 2022 [–]

"Remember the Vasa" is why you can't have your feature, it doesn't apply to Bjarne.

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