c-plus-minus

C+- is a subset of C++ that enables smaller binaries and reduces dependencies. This repo serves as a project base.

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Features added/enabled:

• Custom/slimmed down std lib with essentials (slimstd)
• malloc provided new/new[]/delete/delete[]
• Smaller binaries vs normal c++ compiled programs (with similar linkage)
• Programs only linked against libc (if not statically compiled)
• Classes
• Constructors/destructors & RAII
• virtual functions
• Iterators
• Templates (with support of reflection, see type_traits.h)

Features removed/disabled:

• RTTI; Cannot dynamic_cast or call typeid()
• Exceptions; need to perform alternative error strategies
• C++ normal stdlib; need to reimplement common data structures

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Build alterations:

• build example with: zig build
• run example with: zig build run
• build release with: zig build -Drelease-fast=true or zig build -Drelease-small=true
• cross compile/retarget with:
  • default but with gnu linkage: zig build -Dtarget=native-native-gnu
  • default but with musl: zig build -Dtarget=native-native-musl
  • full triple: zig build -Dtarget=x86_64-linux-musl

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Zig tip - print out available targets with zig targets (WARNING: Large output)