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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
compilers

Research direction

Start by reading the linked C++23 #embed proposal and then inspect the Boost.Wave preprocessor entry points that handle directives. Define support for the proposed mechanism and verify it with the project's existing tests; the issue does not name specific files or a test target.

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Description

This mechanism for creating arrays from binary files at compile time looks likely to land in C++23

Dominant language
C++
Stars
29
Forks
56
Avg merge
1d 15h
Merged PRs (30d)
4

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First steps

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  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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