Re: C/C++ PATCH to add __typeof_noqual (PR c/65455, c/39985)

[Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>]

On Wed, 28 Jun 2017, Martin Sebor wrote:

> > The more limited interfaces could, of course, be __typeof_noqual in some
> > form.
> 
> Actually, despite what I've been arguing, I agree.  I've come
> to realize that what makes me uneasy about it is its name: it
> makes it sound like a special purpose flavor of __typeof__,
> when it really is a general purpose __remove_qualifiers trait.
> How does renaming it to something like that sound?

__typeof__ makes clear that it returns a type, whether given a type or an 
expression.  Can __remove_qualifiers be applied to an expression, and, if 
so, what does it do - return a type, or return the result of converting 
the expression to the corresponding type with whatever qualifiers removed?

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Joseph S. Myers
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