On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 04:02:46PM -0700, Eric Rescorla wrote: > 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.
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