C++14 implementation status

Marc Glisse marc.glisse@inria.fr
Wed Jun 12 15:04:00 GMT 2013


On Mon, 10 Jun 2013, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Marc Glisse <marc.glisse@inria.fr> wrote:
>>   void f(int n, void *p=alloca(n));
>
> Before anyone uses this as an example, it is really wrong to use
> alloca inside a parameter list.  The alloca allocation might interfere
> with pushing parameters on the stack for function calls.  This was at
> least true for older compilers but I think it's still a valid concern.

Ah, I hadn't thought of that.

Anyway, people on std-proposals have brought up issues with copy elision 
that seem hard to handle without compiler magic.

-- 
Marc Glisse



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