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minus-squarepriapus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 hours agoPlus you can always just use clangd. Its what I’ve always used with every text editor that has LSP support.
minus-squarevivendi@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 hours agoI wish there was a GCC equivalent; but even if clang is a corpowhore project it’s atleast OSS
minus-squareشاهد على إبادة@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 hours agoClang is a better C++ compiler than msvc, it generates faster binaries and can compile complex code that msvc errs on at least in my experience YMMV.
minus-squareXPost3000@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 hours agoHonestly moving to clangd has got to be the single best thing I’ve done in C++, it’s cross platform and I’ve found it to be significantly faster, more reliable, and more featureful than Microsoft’s C++ plugin by a long shot
Plus you can always just use clangd. Its what I’ve always used with every text editor that has LSP support.
I wish there was a GCC equivalent; but even if clang is a corpowhore project it’s atleast OSS
Clang is a better C++ compiler than msvc, it generates faster binaries and can compile complex code that msvc errs on at least in my experience YMMV.
Honestly moving to clangd has got to be the single best thing I’ve done in C++, it’s cross platform and I’ve found it to be significantly faster, more reliable, and more featureful than Microsoft’s C++ plugin by a long shot