EA Standard Template Library VS darkreader

> you can still use it with smart pointers provided by any other library

Is the point of having a kitchen-sink library like this not that you dont have to reach for a 3rdparty library for things that you need 'all the time'?

Certainly, not everyone needs it.

...but, not everyone needs threads either. Not everyone needs an http server; and yet, if you have an application framework that provides them, when you do need them, it saves you reaching for yet-another-dependency.

Was that no the point from the beginning?

unique_ptr is a fundamental primitive for many, as you see from some other frameworks (1), and implementation is not always either a) trivial, or b) as simple as 'just use std::unique_ptr'.

This does seem like a very opinionated decision with reasonably unclear justification.

[1] - eg. https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/blob/release/Engin..., https://github.com/electronicarts/EASTL/blob/master/include/...

Can I introduce you to EASTL

For games focused stuff have a look at EASTL https://github.com/electronicarts/EASTL also perhaps some of the Data Oriented Design stuff (see Mike Acton's CPP Con Talks). This also have loads of good stuff https://www.dataorienteddesign.com/dodbook/

C++, but generally treat it as C. STL is pretty slow while debugging so we avoid it and write our own replacements. If you don't want to drive that deep use something like EASTL: https://github.com/electronicarts/EASTL

In my experience game devs don't eschew the STL because of compile times, but because (a) its memory management is not sufficiently tunable and (b) it uses exceptions heavily which many game engines disable entirely due to perceived performance problems. For this reason, some of the engines I've worked on have used their own forks of the STL in the spirit of EASTL to rectify these issues. Others like my current project just don't use the STL at all (outside of some third-party library code) and use custom libraries for everything.

In my opinion, you should also benchmark it against something like boost::container::flat_set or eastl::vector_set and you should expect the same performance as with your ordered functionality. Another interesting idea for organization of such flat and sorted container can be found here.

finally, if you're worried about performance (a lot of aspiring game programmers seem to be, even though for anything but high-end engines the STL is likely fine if you know what you're doing..) you could look into the EA STL or other STL replacements..

check it out: https://github.com/electronicarts/EASTL

I just took a look at their atomic.h and wow, "well-documented" is an understatement !

change to light mode, and try out https://darkreader.org/

I was able to reproduce and reported this to Dark Reader https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader/issues/11952

I highly recommend utilizing a dark reader.

I totally forgot about the atrocious default HN theme. Yeah that's unreasonable, unreadable. A low-contrast light theme is literally equivalent to shining a flashlight in your eyes. Only unreasonable people do that to others (e.g. the police).

If you use Firefox, I recommend the Dark Reader[1] extension for taking care of all the websites that insist on destroying your eyes.

[1]: https://darkreader.org

i use https://darkreader.org/ for chrome and don't see flies 99% of the time

- very efficient to navigate(shortcuts, quick tab navigation, etc.) - Shortcuts - Terminal for easy to type commands - Tab Management - Quick Tab Navigation - Search Bar Integration - Bookmark Management - History Management - Smart Address Bar - Speed Dial - Back and forward Navigation - WM like behaviour for tabs - Floating search bar for quick searches - Powerful autocomplete in address bar(stored in-browser to avoid privacy issues) - privacy focus - Use of Duck Duck Go when privacy-focus is on - Built in Powerful Adblocker - Avoids the use of trackers - Possibility to block Trackers - Possibility to search with TOR - Option to enable or disable JS fully - Option to Disable Cookies - Encrypted DNS - Auto HTTPS upgrade - DNT(Do Not Track) by default - Adoption of G-Hacks - Built in Temp-mail for not frequently visited addresses - A slider for the amount of privacy-conviniency - Whilst doing so it selects and unselects some packages - History as a Module - Don't log certain websites to History - Creation of fake entries on History - Delete History tabs easily - By name - By category - open source - decentralized - compatible all OS - consumes low resources - minimalist - highly customizable - Dark Mode by Default - Characteristics of [Dark Reader](https://darkreader.org/) - Predefined Themes - Community Themes - Support for Wallpapers - Also the ability to configure it via .config files that can be edite - Ability to make the tabs semitransparent and either show the background or a custom wallpaper - fast - Modules - Written in almighty RUST - light - easy to use - Unbloated - Modern UI - advanced users characteristics -The option to cache websites so you can access them when you don't have internet connection, they would be stored locally (might not work on all websites) -Reader Mode: Selects only the text and offers the ability to speed read(maybe through the integration of Swift read) - Vertical Tabs Option - Using commands for faster navigation - Ability to open multiple tabs at once using a shortcut - Workspace Switching - Heavy Local Focus - Modular - Rename Downloads to something meaningful - Download folder differentiation