From 4285784675350699405 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,ede379f5dbbc1549 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Valentin Bonnard Subject: Re: Suggestion: "typeof" keyword Date: 1999/08/13 Message-ID: <37B43EA0.5546@wanadoo.fr>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 512301743 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Approved: Valentin Bonnard References: <7nt3vl$1oe$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <7oh7o8$t3f$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <37AE541B.A998F729@cs.utu.fi> <37AFAC37.6B7F4253@cs.utu.fi> X-Original-Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 17:49:52 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Organization: Ecole normale superieure X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBVAwUAN7Q/BawEuYhIxRhxAQFrmgH/fRFy4KhknImErpNw2xP/Amv8G+9rZtct +B121PCujSog+CI3YZaMMLKBkMLzlSOkktBtHAac/VlOrtOTiI2dLg== =KLWa Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Hyman Rosen wrote: > Jaakko Jdrvi writes: > > If we had typeof, declare could be implemented as a macro (with > > different syntax though): > > #define DECLARE(VAR,EXPR) typeof(EXPR) VAR = EXPR > > Consequently, the implementation should be > > more or less straightforward. > > The C++ committee has adopted an Occam's Razor approach, When ? References ? > Given that declare is easily implementable given typeof, > while typeof is not implementable in terms of declare, there is no chance > that declare would be adopted. How do you know ? Do you have a crystal ball ? -- Valentin Bonnard --- [ 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 ]