/c-plus-minus

C+- is a subset of C++ that enables smaller binaries and reduces dependencies

Primary LanguageC++MIT LicenseMIT

c-plus-minus

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

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

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

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