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exception_ptrSection: 17.9.7 [propagation] Status: NAD Submitter: Jens Maurer Opened: 2007-07-20 Last modified: 2016-01-28
Priority: Not Prioritized
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Discussion:
From the Toronto Core wiki:
What do you mean by "null pointer constant"? How do you guarantee that
exception_ptr() == 1 doesn't work? Do you even want to prevent that?
What's the semantics? What about void *p = 0; exception_ptr() == p?
Maybe disallow those in the interface, but how do you do that with
portable C++? Could specify just "make it work".
Peter's response:
null pointer constant as defined in 7.3.12 [conv.ptr]. Intent is "just make it work", can be implemented as assignment operator taking a unique pointer to member, as in the unspecified bool type idiom.
[ Bellevue: ]
Original implementation was possible using the "unspecified-null-pointer" idiom, similar to unspecified-bool.
Even simpler now with nullptr_t.
NAD Rationale : null pointer constant is a perfectly defined term, and while API is clearly implementable there is no need to spell out implementation details.
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