Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 00:27:36 -0500
On 16 October 2013 17:13, Jeffrey Yasskin <jyasskin_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Nevin Liber <nevin_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
> > Hmmm... I think you are right... although I thought the intention was it
> > works for less<void>.
>
> IIRC, Stephan intentionally left the weasel-words out of
> std::less<void>, and we've discussed that choice before and generally
> found it reasonable.
I'm not sure how to interpret that.
1. The current weasel words are good enough, even though it specifically
says that it only applies to specializations of pointer types, which void
clearly isn't.
2. std::less<void> isn't intended as a drop-in replacement for
std::less<T*>.
3. Pointers, while historically not totally ordered, are practically so
for all systems in existence today, with the exception of the ivory tower
minds of the committee, so the point is moot.
Also, do you remember when we had this discussion? I've only found notes
for LWG Portland, but I thought we had talked about it since then.
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Nevin Liber <nevin_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
> > Hmmm... I think you are right... although I thought the intention was it
> > works for less<void>.
>
> IIRC, Stephan intentionally left the weasel-words out of
> std::less<void>, and we've discussed that choice before and generally
> found it reasonable.
I'm not sure how to interpret that.
1. The current weasel words are good enough, even though it specifically
says that it only applies to specializations of pointer types, which void
clearly isn't.
2. std::less<void> isn't intended as a drop-in replacement for
std::less<T*>.
3. Pointers, while historically not totally ordered, are practically so
for all systems in existence today, with the exception of the ivory tower
minds of the committee, so the point is moot.
Also, do you remember when we had this discussion? I've only found notes
for LWG Portland, but I thought we had talked about it since then.
-- Nevin ":-)" Liber <mailto:nevin_at_[hidden]> (847) 691-1404
Received on 2013-10-17 07:28:34