Re: verbose terminate() on by default, pass 2

[Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>]

Phil Edwards <phil@jaj.com> writes:

| On Wed, Dec 25, 2002 at 09:23:40AM +0100, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
| > Nathan Myers <ncm-nospam@cantrip.org> writes:
| > | > +	    char const *w = exc.what();
| > | > +    type_info *t = __cxa_current_exception_type();
| > | > +	char const *name = t->name();
| > | > +	  char *dem = 0;
| > | > +	catch (exception &exc)
| > | > +	    char const *w = exc.what();
| > | 
| > | This is C++ code.  Shouldn't we have C++-style declarations?
| > 
| > 100% agreed.
| 
| I hadn't really planned on rewriting Jason's code... what specifically are
| you disagreeing with?

Nathan and I are talking about the fact that C++-STYLE emphasizes types
and that V3 uses (mostly) the style from the C++ Standard.

  01. Pointers and references
    char* p = "flop";
    char& c = *p;
       -NOT-
    char *p = "flop";  // wrong
    char &c = *p;      // wrong

      Reason: In C++, definitions are mixed with executable code.  Here,       
              p is being initialized, not *p.  This is near-universal
              practice among C++ programmers; it is normal for C hackers
              to switch spontaneously as they gain experience.

The style used on V3 is "const T*" not "T const *".

-- Gaby