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Re: [v3] Remove uses of <cstddef> as an implementation detail
- From: Paolo Carlini <paolo dot carlini at oracle dot com>
- To: Gennaro Prota <gennaro dot prota at yahoo dot com>
- Cc: libstdc++ <libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:24:15 +0200
- Subject: Re: [v3] Remove uses of <cstddef> as an implementation detail
- References: <4C080053.9010907@oracle.com> <4C0D243D.9070106@yahoo.com>
On 06/07/2010 06:54 PM, Gennaro Prota wrote:
> On 03/06/2010 21.19, Paolo Carlini wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> this, largely boring patch essentially does what the Subject says, thus
>> following the spirit of LWG 1250, avoiding uses of C-style NULLs,
>> trimming the size of the C++ headers. I took also the occasion to add
>> std::nullptr_t, in C++0x mode.
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm just turning up in these parts so my apologies if this has
> been discussed and decided upon earlier, but why would one want
> such a modification? Just to save on the amount of parsed code?
See the quick summary above. In general we have been untangling and
cleaning up the dependencies in the headers for a while.
Paolo.