On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 10:09 PM Uecker, Martin via Liaison <
liaison_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>
> It is useful to have the information about
> whether something is a pointer or not and the
> difference between '.' and '->' makes it clear.
>
https://gist.github.com/d3x0r/f496d0032476ed8b6f980f7ed31280da#the-meaning-of---and--

it reduces the points you have to check, but it's really not all that
useful when dealing with a variety of languages.. '.' just becomes another
place to check validity of the expression's values... So yes, it increases
the potential things to check... but then, nothing stylistically prevents
you from continuing to denote that.

J


>
> Best,
> Martin
>
>
> Am Donnerstag, den 27.02.2020, 06:40 -0800 schrieb J Decker via Liaison:
> > I could feature-request this for all known compilers, and that's what
> this
> > is really an attempt at.
> >
> >
> > this is the gist of it (more of a detailed explanation)
> > https://gist.github.com/d3x0r/f496d0032476ed8b6f980f7ed31280da
> >
> > the TL;DR is really the title.
> >
> > I'd like to know how a community contribution might be submitted for
> > approval for the future c2x.
> >
> > I've been to C++ proposals list, and they have provided me with some
> > feedback, and suggested maybe this is an operable method(?).
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > http://github.com/d3x0r (it's pronounced Decker)
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