Coroutine Types
▻https://abseil.io/blog/20180713-coroutine-types
By Titus Winters
The first hint of standard library design that takes advantage of coroutines (P1056) came through the Library Evolution Working Group (LEWG, responsible for design for the C++ standard library) during the Rapperswil meeting this summer. It was … surprising. As much as I want coroutines in the language, the design smell here was disconcerting. I want to point out what LEWG saw before we commit to this direction irrevocably - coroutine types as currently designed are baffling.
Background
Coroutines are an important new language feature for C++, but also a very old idea. In its current incarnation, the major force behind Coroutines in C++ is Gor Nishanov (whom I absolutely love working with). If you aren’t familiar with the history, or want a refresher on how (...)