On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Mike Hommey <m...@glandium.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 06:34:19PM -0400, Ehsan Akhgari wrote: > > On 2014-10-01, 6:26 PM, Mike Hommey wrote: > > >On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 11:00:28AM -0400, Ehsan Akhgari wrote: > > >>On 2014-10-01, 9:01 AM, Joshua Cranmer 🐧 wrote: > > >>>On 10/1/2014 4:23 AM, Nicholas Nethercote wrote: > > >>>>On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Cameron McCormack <c...@mcc.id.au> > wrote: > > >>>>>On 01/10/14 17:57, Kan-Ru Chen (陳侃如) wrote: > > >>>>>>It seems all the compilers we use support the c++11 ">>" in > template, > > >>>>>>could we start using it in new code? > > >>>>>Yes we have some uses of that already. It's also mentioned in > > >>>>>https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Using_CXX_in_Mozilla_code. > > >>>>Note the large, red warning at the top of that page "This page is a > > >>>>draft for expository and exploratory purposes. Do not trust the > > >>>>information listed here." > > >>>> > > >>>>I don't know why that page exists with such an authoritative-looking > URL. > > >>> > > >>>The warning was in part because I never got confirmation on our > minimum > > >>>supported versions, particularly minimum clang version, and in part > > >>>because the C++11 library portion was never well organized. > > >> > > >>I think the C++ language features section is quite accurate, and > should be > > >>relied on by everyone. > > > > > >I don't think we have consensus on a broad use of "auto". > > > > Sure. Like any other C++ feature, just because our compilers support it > > doesn't mean it's always a good idea. That page, however, is supposed to > > explain what C++ features can be used in our code from a compiler support > > point of view. > > > With the current content of the page, it's really not clear that one > shouldn't use auto everywhere. How so? The page says that it "The list of acceptable features is given below" and the column is called "Can be used in code". That seems like permission, not encouragement, let alone requirement. -Ekr _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
