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I like my abstractions to be hidden, but I also like to be able to peek under the hood. That's one of the problems of C++ templates, sometimes I want to look at the expanded code.

The GNAT Ada compiler has an option to output a much-simplified desugared code. Not compilable Ada, but very inspectable unrolled, expanded code. Makes for a great teaching tool. 'Aaaaaaah this generic mechanism does that!'

Link https://docs.adacore.com/gnat_ugn-docs/html/gnat_ugn/gnat_ug... look up -gnatG[=nn]... Good stuff.




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