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Comment by kstrauser | Hacker News Reader

> It was an easy-to-use API so it was deprecated by C++20,

That tracks with my experiences with C++.

> While the old API expected that the shared object is not used directly, the API made it possible which led to undefined behaviour, typically producing a data race.

  - C++ is insecure, don't use it
  [C++ fixes a hole]
  - C++ always deprecates the easy APIs
  [Stanley face]

I get what they were trying to say, but the exact phrasing amused me. It read like: "This feature was too easy and convenient, so we yanked it."

I think he meant an easy to misuse API.

Accidentally correct is the best kind of correct.

> easy-to-use API

A lot of C (not so much C++) programmers thought it was easy to use correctly. Mostly, they were wrong.

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