digraphs anyone?

phrakture · 2005-03-28 22:08:16

digraphs are funny - they're C/C++ aliases for some symbols...
I have no clue what the point was, but they're great to obscure code:

int main(int argc, char *argv<::>)
<%
   return printf(" I am %s",argv<:0]);
%>

they also include words for boolean operators (and, or, not, xor_eq)...

has anyone seriously used these ever?

smith · 2005-03-28 22:27:06

Seems like another example of C++ bloat. I guess you could use them if your keyboard lacks the required characters. Where did you find this?

phrakture · 2005-03-28 22:57:39

Always knew about it - it's not C++, it's C as well (as far as ANSI is concerned), so no, it has nothing to do with this fabled "bloat"

The reason it came up was I was looking at one of those "spot the syntax error" things and it had something like:

if (argc > 4 and argv[3][0 :>> 4) {...}

which is proper syntax... but it looks like a rshift

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