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languages, but I miss them in the C++. I&#x27;m taking the inspiration from languages
like Rust (all that we will implement) or Kotlin (<code>TODO</code>) that have them
implemented.</p>
<p>You may ask what placeholders do we need in the code, in our case we will be
talking about TODOs and unexpected situations, such as not implemented branches.</p>
<p>Namely we will implement</p>
<ul>
<li><code>todo</code>,</li>
<li><code>unimplemented</code>, and</li>
<li><code>unreachable</code>.</li>
</ul>
<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="design">Design<a href="#design" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Design" title="Direct link to Design"></a></h2>
<p>If we take the two languages mentioned above as examples, there are at least two
ways how to implement them:</p>
<ol>
<li><em>panic</em> when they are reached (as they do in Rust), or</li>
<li><em>raise</em> an exception when they are reached (as they do in Kotlin).</li>
</ol>
<p>I will choose raising an exception, since the closest equivalent of <em>panic</em> in
C++ would be <code>assert</code>s that are (by default) disabled in the <em>release builds</em>.</p>
<p>However I am too lazy to do:</p>
<div class="language-cpp codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#393A34;--prism-background-color:#f6f8fa"><div class="codeBlockContent_biex"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-cpp codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar" style="color:#393A34;background-color:#f6f8fa"><code class="codeBlockLines_e6Vv"><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token keyword" style="color:#00009f">throw</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token function" style="color:#d73a49">todo</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">;</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token comment" style="color:#999988;font-style:italic">// or</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#393A34"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword" style="color:#00009f">throw</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token function" style="color:#d73a49">todo</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">(</span><span class="token string" style="color:#e3116c">&quot;optional note&quot;</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:#393A34">;</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup__atx"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_eSgA" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_y97N"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div>
<p>Therefore we will implement exceptions and also wrap them in functions, so that
we can do:</p>
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<div class="theme-admonition theme-admonition-tip admonition_xJq3 alert alert--success"><div class="admonitionHeading_Gvgb"><span class="admonitionIcon_Rf37"><svg viewBox="0 0 12 16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M6.5 0C3.48 0 1 2.19 1 5c0 .92.55 2.25 1 3 1.34 2.25 1.78 2.78 2 4v1h5v-1c.22-1.22.66-1.75 2-4 .45-.75 1-2.08 1-3 0-2.81-2.48-5-5.5-5zm3.64 7.48c-.25.44-.47.8-.67 1.11-.86 1.41-1.25 2.06-1.45 3.23-.02.05-.02.11-.02.17H5c0-.06 0-.13-.02-.17-.2-1.17-.59-1.83-1.45-3.23-.2-.31-.42-.67-.67-1.11C2.44 6.78 2 5.65 2 5c0-2.2 2.02-4 4.5-4 1.22 0 2.36.42 3.22 1.19C10.55 2.94 11 3.94 11 5c0 .66-.44 1.78-.86 2.48zM4 14h5c-.23 1.14-1.3 2-2.5 2s-2.27-.86-2.5-2z"></path></svg></span>tip</div><div class="admonitionContent_BuS1"><p>Wrapping them in a function (or macro) will allow us to do a little magic trick.</p></div></div>
<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="implementation">Implementation<a href="#implementation" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Implementation" title="Direct link to Implementation"></a></h2>
<p>We&#x27;re going to utilize the exceptions, so we&#x27;ll need to include the <code>exception</code>
header and we will start with a simple <code>_todo</code> exception class.</p>
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<p>In this case we have 2 constructors:</p>
<ol>
<li>default constructor without any parameters that will return just
<code>not yet implemented</code></li>
<li>and one parametrized with an “excuse” that will return string like:
<code>not yet implemented: excuse</code></li>
</ol>
<p>If we were to use it now, we would need to do something like:</p>
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<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="wrapping-in-a-function">Wrapping in a function<a href="#wrapping-in-a-function" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Wrapping in a function" title="Direct link to Wrapping in a function"></a></h2>
<p>I am a lazy person, so we will wrap the exception in a function that will throw
it:</p>
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<p>This can be used like:</p>
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<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="magic-trick">Magic trick<a href="#magic-trick" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Magic trick" title="Direct link to Magic trick"></a></h2>
<p>At the beginning I&#x27;ve mentioned that by wrapping the exceptions in a helper
functions that will throw them, we can do a nice magic trick <!-- -->😄<!-- --> This trick
will consist of formatted string and for that we will use
<a href="https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/format/format" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><code>std::format</code></a> that is
available since C++20.</p>
<p>We just need to add one more overload for our <code>todo()</code>:</p>
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<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="finishing-off-with-2-more-exceptions">Finishing off with 2 more exceptions<a href="#finishing-off-with-2-more-exceptions" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Finishing off with 2 more exceptions" title="Direct link to Finishing off with 2 more exceptions"></a></h2>
<p>Now we can repeat the same process for the other two exceptions I&#x27;ve mentioned</p>
<ul>
<li><code>unimplemented</code>, and</li>
<li><code>unreachable</code>.</li>
</ul>
<p>In the end we should end up with something like this:</p>
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