Re: [RFC] libstdc++/6720 and libstdc++/6671

[Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>]

On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 08:26:21PM +0200, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> Neil Booth <neil@daikokuya.demon.co.uk> writes:
> | 
> | I don't agree with your solution of special-casing certain header names,
> 
> It is not me who is special-casing certain header names.  That special
> meaning of certain headers are built into the language.  Failure to
> provide the expected meaning is failure to implement the language.
> Actually, what I'm suggesting is not an invention in the area of
> compiler builduing. Existing compilers do deliver that standard
> meaning (actually, they have integrated meaning ofthe headers).

I just had this conversation with another colleague yesterday; we agreed
that a compiler would be Really Really Cool if it saw

    #include <vector>
        
and then turned all std::vector operations into builtin array operations,
i.e., with no actual .h files involved anywhere.  Open-coding the entire
vector class.

(We also decided that debugging this would be a PITA.)


Phil

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