Retarded Idea Time

Every so often you get an idea that seems awesome when you're half asleep, but when fully awake seems stupid. Post them ITT

Using regular expressions to parse other data structures (list trees sets etc)

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void * is slow as fuck and typeunsafe as fuck.

You are supposed to do the template instantiation by hand: copy&paste the code, then search&replace all type arguments. For the good measure go in there and make some irrelevant unique "optimization" for shits and giggles. That's why it's called "Handcrafted C code".

Alternatives for people who want shit done instead of boasting about the way they spend their lives doing the job of the compiler include: 1) m4 or the like, 2) #define TYPE_NAME list_of_ints\n #define ELEMENT_TYPE int\n #include "list_of_T.inc"\n, 3) stop being a pussy scared by a "slippery slope".