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Re: [wg14/wg21 liaison] [isocpp-lib] C++ res.on.exception.handling and POSIX function signatures

From: Hubert Tong <hubert.reinterpretcast_at_[hidden]>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2020 09:33:44 -0500
On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 3:01 AM Jonathan Wakely <cxx_at_[hidden]> wrote:

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>
> On Mon, 9 Nov 2020, 01:21 Hubert Tong via Lib, <lib_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
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>> It appears C++20 subclause 16.4.6.13 [res.on.exception.handling] allows C
>> standard library functions that are present in the C++ standard library to
>> be declared as being `noexcept(true)`; however, the same cannot be said of
>> POSIX or LSB system interfaces.
>>
>
> To make sure I understand, you're talking about POSIX functions such as
> read(3) which are not in ISO C, right?
>
Yes.


>
> Some guidance would be useful.
>>
>
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> No standard says what it means to include a POSIX header in a C++ program
> at all. While it would probably be useful to say that it's unspecified
> whether POSIX APIs are noexcept(true) or noexcept(false) when used in C++,
> I don't know where that wording could live. Adding it to POSIX would open a
> can of worms, because it's not very useful to say that without saying a lot
> more. Adding it to the C++ standard seems wrong, because WG21 doesn't own
> those APIs.
>
> I assume the same applies to LSB but I'm much less familiar with that
> document.
>
> The attempt to specify a C++ binding for POSIX never got anywhere. Maybe
> we should consider publishing an informational TR describing what happens
> in real work implementations, without trying to standardise anything.
>
 We've also been using our publically accessible WG 21 Standing Documents
for similar purposes.

Received on 2020-11-09 08:34:02