Re: Templates, Structs and Invalid Pointers - where did it go wrong
On 2008-08-29 08:30:02 -0400, courpron@gmail.com said:
On 29 ao??t, 13:51, Pete Becker <p...@versatilecoding.com> wrote:
On 2008-08-29 07:21:26 -0400, courp...@gmail.com said:
The fact that C headers won't be removed any time *soon* depends more
on the fact that a lot of current systems (especially low level
systems) and their interfaces are coded in C ; if that was not the
case, I guess that every standard library (with C++ or C headers)
would have been included in the std namespace without any exception.
No, the basis for the fact that the <xxx.h> forms of the standard
headers won't go away is that they're used extensively.
One of the intention of the writters of this part of the C++ standard
(concerning C headers) was clearly to preserve C compatibility.
Yes, that is one of the goals. That doesn't mean it was the only one,
nor does it mean that that is the only legitimate reason for using
those headers. And, of course, it has nothing to do with the fact that
the <xxx.h> headers are used extensively, and won't go away, despite
the expressed wishes of some people, ten years ago, to get rid of them.
--
Pete
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Standard C++ Library Extensions: a Tutorial and Reference
(www.petebecker.com/tr1book)
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