I honestly don't know why they even have -> instead of just a dot like everyone else. The compiler knows whether it's a record, object, pointer, or any level of pointer to pointers.

Why make the programmer do the donkey work?

[–] Morphit 11 points 2 weeks ago

It's important for objects that can be dereferenced. Smart pointers have methods that can be accessed with dot syntax like swap(). You can still dereference through a smart pointer using arrow syntax to access methods on the referenced type since they overload the operator->() method.

[–] gencha@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Operator overloading allows you to redefine what each operator does. It's essential to achieve a truly fucked up code base

[–] skulbuny@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

I love the arrow in functional programming. Some functional languages (like reasonml) has multiple arrow operators that did different things like this one -> would put the argument in the first position (a popular JS pattern) and the big arrow |> would put it last like most functional languages.

I know this is about CPP but honestly I love the way it looks, but I'm a weirdo lol