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 Cppfront is a compiler from an experimental C++ 'syntax 2' (Cpp2) to today's 'syntax 1' (Cpp1), to prove out some concepts, share some ideas, and prototype features that can also be proposed for evolving today's C++.
 
+Cpp2 today has
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+- *guaranteed initialization safety* (stronger than in C# or Java),
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+- *guaranteed type safety* (via `safe is` type queries and `as` casts),
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+- *bounds safety* via subscript checking, banning pointer arithmetic, and safe-by-construction iteration such as range-for, and
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+- *lifetime safety static analysis.*
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+If CVEs in C++ code were 98% lower (2% of today) in the four key buckets -- initialization safety, type safety, bounds safety, and lifetime safety -- we could all sleep better. 
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 ## Documentation: [available here](https://hsutter.github.io/cppfront/)
 
 ## What's different about this project?