Compiler Gives Up

<source>:12:16: error: 'constexpr foo<>::foo() [with int a = 2]' called in a constant expression 12 | foo<2> a; | ^ <source>:6:19: note: 'constexpr foo<>::foo() [with int a = 2]' is not usable as a 'constexpr' function because: 6 | constexpr foo() { foo(1) {} | ^~~ <source>:6: confused by earlier errors, bailing out Compiler returned: 1

A dark terminal screenshot shows a C++ compiler reporting constexpr errors, then abandoning the compilation with “confused by earlier errors, bailing out.” The joke is that the code is so problematic even the compiler gives up, fitting the caption about pushing a language to its limits.

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