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		cavallo71 on Dec 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cog: Use Python in your source files to generate p... Or one’s been programming in C++ where they use an ungodly amount of preprocessor and templates.. cog solves that elegantly.

planede on Dec 13, 2023 [–]

At least with preprocessor and templates the compiler errors point to your actual source files, not to some auto-generated mess.

cavallo71 on Dec 13, 2023 | [–]

Cog generates inline code, the compiler will still point to the code unlike the preprocessor.

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