On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 8:54 AM Thiago Macieira via Std-Proposals <
std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Saturday, 15 February 2020 21:14:19 PST J Decker via Std-Proposals
> wrote:
> > I can severely scope cut this, I do really only mean that, in the current
> > error condition where '.' is used and the left hand is a '*' pointer
> type,
> > that it can fallback to being like '->' and read the value of the pointer
> > instead of emitting an error.
> >
> > In the first cut, GCC C it ended up being just as easy to say '->' is the
> > same as '.' but that was incidental, not by strict definition.
>
> Before we go any further, we need WG14's opinion. The value for C++ alone
> is
> very close to zero or even negative if C doesn't adopt the same. C++ could
> be
> convinced to follow C for pointers but nowhere else if C adopts your
> proposal.
>
> So please approach WG14 and propose that they adopt this. If they seem
> agreeable to considering it, WG21 can comment on whether it is for or
> against
> the feature. But if WG14 simply says it won't, the point is moot.
>

I have sent an email to http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/contacts
and have received no response.

Here's the gist of what I was saying (?)
https://gist.github.com/d3x0r/f496d0032476ed8b6f980f7ed31280da (Please
feel free to comment? it does require a github account I guess? (Is there
anonymous comment I can enable?)

I am applying edits... and concerns mentioned here;

references, like `int &a` becomes mute(-ish). And there is some comfort
that the thing definition exists...
However, in the bullet library, when I interface with it to update and get
values, they are all reference types, so I must supply a thing to get the
value. The value does definitely exist within the engine, why is it I need
it to copy it; thereby occupying at least 2 pages in cache....

I don't know how else to reach them, or if there's a public comment forum;

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/ is a readonly archive of a list;
and I've followed most links that would indicate there might be a way to
contact (...) community...?




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