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Initial implementation of the experimental C++ Lifetime Safety Analysis (-Wexperimental-lifetime-safety) has just landed in Clang
(discourse.llvm.org)
An initial implementation of the experimental C++ Lifetime Safety Analysis (-Wexperimental-lifetime-safety) has just landed in Clang. The work was originally announced in the linked post with the following status:
> ### Lifetime Analysis: Current Status
>
> For those not already familiar, we’re...
A comprehensive look into what has happened in JavaScript engines over the last roughly 10-15 years; it's not just the major 3 out there! This was an interesting read and really gives perspective to how important of a language JavaScript is, despite all of its warts.
I've recently been using TypedArrays more for manual memory management / custom data storage, and find myself somewhat struggling with the lack of good typing support in TypeScript w.r.t. TypedArrays. eg. Even if I can define a number value type union such as
```typescript
type Kind = 0 | 1 | 2 ...
Researchers at IBM analysed the path that a single data field in an XML document takes in an application, entering as a byte buffer from a database query result and getting converted multiple times to eventually exit as part of the generated XML document.
The conclusions section especially speaks...