tiny VS tiny-optional

Compare tiny vs tiny-optional and see what are their differences.

tiny

low-level library for minimizing the size of your types (by foonathan)

tiny-optional

Drop-in replacement for std::optional that does not waste memory unnecessarily (by Sedeniono)
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3 3
120 149
0.0% 2.0%
10.0 7.2
over 6 years ago 6 days ago
C++ C++
gtkbook License gtkbook License
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tiny

Posts with mentions or reviews of tiny. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-12-08.

tiny-optional

Posts with mentions or reviews of tiny-optional. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-15.
  • Is bloat in std::unexpected expected?
    2 projects | /r/cpp | 15 Dec 2022
    There are several implementations of compact optionals, see https://github.com/Sedeniono/tiny-optional, and related work & reddit thread.
  • tiny::optional – a C++ optional that does not waste memory
    6 projects | /r/cpp | 23 Oct 2022
    tiny::optional is a header-only C++ library for x86/x64 intended to be a drop-in replacement for std::optional with the twist that it does not require additional memory for bools, floats, doubles and raw pointers. For example, a std::optional has twice the size of a raw double because of 7 padding bytes after the internal bool. These wasted bytes can have a notable impact on performance in memory bound applications. On the other hand, a tiny::optional has the size of a double by exploiting unused bit patterns (i.e. by exploiting platform specific behavior).
  • Show HN: Tiny:optional – a C++ optional that does not waste memory
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Oct 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing tiny and tiny-optional you can also consider the following projects:

cmake-init - The missing CMake project initializer

dynamap - Thread-safe and dynamically resized hash map for C++ (header-only) [GET https://api.github.com/repos/bdasgupta02/dynamap: 404 - Not Found // See: https://docs.github.com/rest/repos/repos#get-a-repository]

compact_optional - A template for creating optional-like object with no space overhead

zoo - Zoo library

borgo - Borgo is a statically typed language that compiles to Go.

libCat - 🐈‍⬛ A runtime for C++26 w/out libC or POSIX. Smaller binaries, only arena allocators, SIMD, stronger type safety than STL, and value-based errors!

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