[nitrogen99]

Well, authors are incentivized into writing long books. Having said that it obviously doesn't take away the fact that C++ init is indeed bonkers.

[harry8]

What would be the incentive for making this a long book? Couldn't be money.

[jcelerier]

It is actually. It's been shown that longer books make more sales as they are considered more trustworthy, so authors are incentivized to artificially drag them longer than they actually require

[Analemma_]

I imagine if I'd managed to actually memorize all of C++'s initialization rules, I'd probably have to write a book too just to get it all out, or I'd lose my sanity.

[nitwit005]

Imagine you're in a world where magazines are dead, but books are still a thing, and stores won't stock a thin book.