Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:44:53 -0700
> On Sep 3, 2025, at 9:24 AM, Tiago Freire via Std-Proposals <std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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>> Objects are boxes, and have addresses
> They don't have to.
> Objects in C++ have a different meaning, I'm giving the benefit of the doubt that you are using the term loosely here.
> Again, they don't have too, see above.
Yeah, this is something where we need to be precise - it has different meanings between colloquial (non-specification) language, and specification language, coupled with “boxes” I can imagine people getting confused, especially if unfamiliar with c++ spec language. I have tended towards “blobs” as that seems to result in other readers understanding that object != instance of a record type.
—Oliver
>
>> Objects are boxes, and have addresses
> They don't have to.
> Objects in C++ have a different meaning, I'm giving the benefit of the doubt that you are using the term loosely here.
> Again, they don't have too, see above.
Yeah, this is something where we need to be precise - it has different meanings between colloquial (non-specification) language, and specification language, coupled with “boxes” I can imagine people getting confused, especially if unfamiliar with c++ spec language. I have tended towards “blobs” as that seems to result in other readers understanding that object != instance of a record type.
—Oliver
Received on 2025-09-03 17:45:12