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Re: Relocation (= move+destroy)
On Sat, 13 Oct 2018, Ville Voutilainen wrote:
(Removed gcc-patches, this is lib-only rumination). I drove
noexcept(auto) for a while. I dropped it because the rationale for it
was insufficient considering the concerns against it. I have entertained
the idea of working on it on the compiler side, but I don't think
there's a reason to raise the priority of such adventures, considering
the apparently more important things to do. The evidence of the
importance of a noexcept(auto) is still lacking in my view, even if
there's an occasional library bug.
To me the most obvious argument is that Jonathan + you + me + etc (please
don't feel left out if I didn't mention you) have already spent more time
getting noexcept specifications right (while making the code harder to
read) than it would take someone familiar with the front-end to implement
noexcept(auto). It is also deterring us from adding noexcept in places
where it could be useful but we can't be bothered.
Note that I am not blaming anyone here, I didn't implement it either. I
looked at some point but couldn't find the time to do it, nowadays I can
barely find enough time to contribute a minor patch once in a while in
areas I am already familiar with.
--
Marc Glisse