Re: Does the standard specify calling conventions?
Stuart Redmann wrote:
template<class _E, class _Tr = char_traits<_E> >
class basic_ostream : virtual public basic_ios<_E, _Tr> {
public:
typedef basic_ostream<_E, _Tr> _Myt;
[snip]
_Myt& operator<<(_Myt& (__cdecl *_F)(_Myt&))
{
return ((*_F)(*this));
}
[snip]
};
I understand that above definition adds a definition that is not
part of the standard. So it would be still right to say that MS's
iostream header is not standard-conformant because it lacks the
required operator that takes standard IO manipulators, wouldn't it?
On 15 Sep., Bo Persson wrote:
No, __cdecl is the default calling convention, so if you provide a
function with a stream reference parameter and return value, it will
be usable as a stream manipulator (inserting the function into the
stream, calls the function with the stream as a parameter).
I see. So MS's definition of operator<< pretty much boils down to the
standard declaration of the operator<<. I guess what confused me the
most is that __cdecl only appears at this place (in my opinion it
should either appear everywhere or not at all).
Many thanks,
Stuart
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