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Re: Deprecating arithmetic on std::atomic<void*>
- From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely at redhat dot com>
- To: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:18:09 +0100
- Subject: Re: Deprecating arithmetic on std::atomic<void*>
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On 20/04/17 08:19 +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
On 04/19/2017 07:07 PM, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
I know it's a bit late, but I'd like to propose deprecating the
libstdc++ extension that allows arithmetic on std::atomic<void*>.
Currently we make it behave like arithmetic on void*, which is also a
GNU extension (https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Pointer-Arith.html).
We also allow arithmetic on types such as std::atomic<void(*)()> which
is probably not useful (PR 69769).
Why is it acceptable to have the extension for built-in types, but not
for library types wrapping them? Why be inconsistent about this?
C++17 [atomic.types.pointer] paragraph 4 says:
Requires: T shall be an object type, otherwise the program is
ill-formed. [Note: Pointer arithmetic on void* or function pointers
is ill-formed. — end note]
That doesn't give us any leeway to support it.
Personally I'd be in favour of removing the extension for built-in
types too, but I doubt that would get consensus :-)