From -8174785448938620380 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,ede379f5dbbc1549 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Hyman Rosen Subject: Re: Suggestion: "typeof" keyword Date: 1999/08/25 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 517138795 Approved: Fergus Henderson References: <7nt3vl$1oe$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <37BBE6CC.FE2475E5@physik.tu-muenchen.d <7pumbc$blc@abyss.West.Sun.COM> X-Original-Date: 25 Aug 1999 13:57:49 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: news@news.unimelb.edu.au X-Trace: izvestia.its.unimelb.edu.au 935608861 32275 128.250.29.17 (25 Aug 1999 19:21:01 GMT) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUAN8RCA+EDnX0m9pzZAQF3lgF+Oo9SnidW9mHEzSEjV9oHoERdXJlokBpq MCaQQUObXJ4Q8RcnqGBeHJJGUko3XDgq =WfFb Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Gnus/5.070084 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.84) Emacs/20.3 NNTP-Posting-Date: 25 Aug 1999 19:21:01 GMT Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ stanley@West.Sun.COM (Stanley Friesen [Contractor]) writes: > In article , > >The next question is what is more intuitive to use: that typeof throws > >away top level const and value/reference distinction, or retains it? > > > Answer: keeps const/volatile, throws away value/reference. I'm the one who posted the version that discarded top-level cv-qualifiers. I've changed my mind. I agree that it is better to keep them because they can be easily discarded if that's needed, while they can't be recovered if they are always discarded. --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]