I don't understand betterC

[ryuukk_]

On Friday, 1 September 2023 at 13:17:08 UTC, confused wrote:
> On Friday, 1 September 2023 at 08:19:55 UTC, Richard (Rikki) 
> Andrew Cattermole wrote:
>> ``size_t`` is defined in ``object.d`` which is implicitly 
>> imported into all modules.
>>
>> If it cannot be found, one of three things is happening:
>>
>> 1) You have messed with some cli args related to picking 
>> druntime/phobos
>> 2) You have defined a module called object.
>> 3) You have a broken compiler install.
>
> I have in fact defined a module called ``` object ```. How is 
> that related to this error?
>
> I'm interested in betterC as a curiosity, and trying to explore 
> the extent to which D classes and object-oriented programming 
> can be preserved within its bounds (because I really like 
> classes, and I really like D, and I really hate C++, and I'm 
> trying to learn about bare-metal programming).
>
> Thank you, by the way, for sharing your knowledge and time.

If you are looking for a better C you are not looking for classes

You contradict yourself

If you heard about betterC, then you heard about this: 
https://dlang.org/spec/betterc.html


Read it again, and specially this part: 
https://dlang.org/spec/betterc.html#consequences

C has no GC, therefore no class, see, your contradiction ;)