Re: Specializations of std::char_traits

[Matt Austern <austern at apple dot com>]

On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 02:35  PM, Benjamin Kosnik wrote:

> > We may use a suggestion made on the the LWG reflector:  define
> > char_traits as
> >
> >   template<typename charT>
> >      struct char_traits : __gnu_cxx::char_traits<charT> { };
> >
> > Users can specialize __gnu_cxx::char_traits<> at will on fundamental
> > types.  We may provide a definition for the primary template
> > __gnu_cxx::char_traits<>.  This we don't create the confusion that
> > users can specialize std::templates on fundamental types.
> > Comments?
>
> I like this approach too.
>
> It's better than link-only definitions, which are kind of obscure and
> wouldn't be inlined. It also keeps control in the hands of the user.
>
> Perhaps this is the time for some code...

OK, I should have a patch tomorrow.

			--Matt