Nevin Liber <nevin_at_[hidden]> writes:

| On 16 October 2013 10:50, Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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| Exactly! I said std::less<std::complex<MyFloat>>, which has always been
| supposed to be user-provided, when defined. Since C++98.
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| Where is the text in the standard or TR/TS (which is the only official
| communication between the committee and developers) which states that?

You just quoted the relevant part below. What specifically different
were you looking for?

| All I can find in n3797 is 17.6.4.2.1p1: "A program may add a template
| specialization
| for any standard library template to namespace std only if the declaration
| depends on a user-defined type
| and the specialization meets the standard library requirements for the original
| template and is not explicitly
| prohibited."
|
| Unless we are willing to say that std::less<T> has no requirements, I don't see
| how we give permission for specializing that in a way which does not match
| operator<.

In the C++98 text, exactly which requirement a user-specialization of

    std::less<std::complex<MyFloat> >

do you believe was violated?

| And codes
| like that exist.
|
|
| That is certainly true. Users are clever whether or not they are on the
| committee. :-)
|
|
| The relation with your argument is that those C++98
| codes will continue to work today with C++11, while the version with
| less<void> will fail. Miresably.
|
|
| Like I said, it's a long term plan...

-- Gaby