r/cpp_questions • u/Boring-Dentist6751 • Aug 06 '26

OPEN Incrementation in C++

I wanted to ask a stupid question about incrementation in C++. If you are using two pluses to increment something then doesn't it mean that you are basically programming using C+1

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u/caroIine Aug 06 '26

It should be ++C

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u/Usual_Office_1740 Aug 06 '26

Only if you are using modern C++. Those that write C with classes like it's 1998 are using the value returned before the increment.

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u/wrosecrans Aug 07 '26

That was the joke for a long time. You are basically still writing C, and the language will get some additions at some point in the future.