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Re: verbose terminate() on by default, pass 2
On Wed, Dec 25, 2002 at 10:06:53AM +0100, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> Phil Edwards <phil@jaj.com> writes:
> |
> | 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
Oh, that. I thought you were talking about something else.
I've never liked this rule. *shrug* Sure, I'll change that code.
> The style used on V3 is "const T*" not "T const *".
Which makes even less sense. The type can be read aloud right-to-left in
the second case ("pointer to a constant T"), but not in the first case.
Phil
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