Re: Using the phrase "ISO C++ conformant" (was: Name change to MSDN C++/CLI column)
"Seungbeom Kim" <musiphil@bawi.org> wrote in message
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When I looked up the function "read" in MS Visual Studio 2005,
I got the following help:
Run-Time Library Reference
read
This POSIX function is deprecated beginning in Visual C++ 2005.
Use the ISO C++ conformant _read instead.
I suspect Microsoft is not entitled to say that _read is "ISO C++
conformant"; in which way is _read more ISO C++ conformant than read?
You suspect wrong. ISO C++ doesn't permit an implementation to define
the name read as a function name in any of its headers, but it does
permit an implementation to define _read as a conforming extension.
(read is a Posix function that is often provided as a widely desired,
if not C or C++ conforming, extension.) The words are literally true
and *can* be read as an attempt at good citizenship, if you so choose.
P.J. Plauger
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