Hi All,
Can we start using C++ STL containers like std::set, std::map,
std::queue in Mozilla code please? Many of the STL containers are more
convenient to use than our equivalents, and more familiar to new
contributors.
I understand that we used to have a policy of not using STL in mozilla
code since some older compilers we wanted to support didn't have very
good support, but I'd assume that that argument no longer holds since
already build and ship a bunch of third party code that uses std
containers (angle, webrtc, chromium IPC, crashreporter), and the sky
hasn't fallen.
I'm not proposing a mass rewrite converting nsTArray to std::vector,
just that we allow STL in new code.
Are there valid reasons why should we not allow C++ STL containers in
Mozilla code?
Cheers,
Chris P.
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