C++26 Disapproved
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- Points371
- Comments273
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#7Peak rank
1Days on list
181Score · 7d
Nov 4, 2026First seen
Rank · 7 days
On Hacker News
- Points
- 371
- Comments
- 273
- Submitted by
- thatxliner
- Posted
- Nov 4, 2026
- Site
- andreasfertig.com
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Trending history
C++26 Disapproved was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 4, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 52 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #7 of 30, reached on Nov 4, 15:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 4, 15:37 UTC. The same link also trended on Lobsters, which raises its cross-platform score.
Rank history
Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).
Last 14 days
Best rank per day (UTC).
7
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Where it trended
| List | Best | Days | Checks | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hacker News · Front page | #7 | 1 | 52 | |
| LLobsters · Hottest C++26 Disapproved | same link | |||
From the discussion
A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.
As someone who writes high-reliability C++ but is completely outside the standards process, I see the issues with C++ Contracts. It isn’t clear that it solves a problem that anyone has in real codebases, especially after C++20 concepts. If you were already writing high-reliability C++ then the benefits are difficult…
While I can understand that C++ contracts were met with controversy, contract annotations scoped at analysis time that can be verified by external tools, such as static analyzers, model checkers, or automatic theorem provers, are incredibly useful. I put together an alternative function contract and invariant…
I get why some folks would like to see contracts in the language, but C++ is also buckling due to the shear complexity that's getting tacked on to it. I'd rather see more proposals such as C++26's "erroneous behavior" that attempts to reign in the language's shortcomings.
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Is C++26 Disapproved trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 4, 15:37 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
What is the highest rank C++26 Disapproved reached?
#7 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 4, 15:37 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has C++26 Disapproved been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 4, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (52 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
371 points and 273 comments; submitted by thatxliner on Nov 4, 2026.