From 98657877718358821 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,7317cd62b805354f X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: comeau@panix.com (Greg Comeau) Subject: Re: What's POD? Was: size of empty class? Date: 1999/06/09 Message-ID: <7jjj0c$826$1@panix.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 487335089 Approved: Fergus Henderson References: <7j8v2k$l95$1@uuneo.neosoft.com> <375B4F0E.275FC699@spots.ab.ca> <37615842.1212991826@netnews.worldnet.att.net> X-Original-Date: 8 Jun 1999 13:13:48 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: backdraft.briar.org: smap set sender to using -f X-Complaints-To: news@news.unimelb.edu.au X-Trace: izvestia.its.unimelb.edu.au 928897445 6082 128.250.29.16 (9 Jun 1999 03:04:05 GMT) Organization: Comeau Computing; http://www.comeaucomputing.com X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUAN13ZluEDnX0m9pzZAQG6kAF/XoHdXevZmPNz8dIrLdP7rYH8AaDLiAvx GKGPjQV9jtZMyIdgVOu24hg4l5gn/aa2 =MyfV Reply-To: comeau@comeaucomputing.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Jun 1999 03:04:05 GMT Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ X-Newsposter: trn 4.0-test55 (26 Feb 97) In article <37615842.1212991826@netnews.worldnet.att.net> jackklein@att.net (Jack Klein) writes: >The term [POD] is used many times in the standard but IIRC it is defined >only in a footnote, and footnotes are not normative. That's tending to be misleading. Yes, what the letters POD stand for are only in a footnote, but what PODs are or aren't (non-PODs) are clearly spelled out by the standard. In specific it discussed POD types, objects, etc. There really is no Plain Ol' POD :) - Greg -- Comeau Computing, 91-34 120th Street, Richmond Hill, NY, 11418-3214 Producers of Comeau C/C++ 4.2.38 -- New Release! We now do Windows too. Email: comeau@comeaucomputing.com / Voice:718-945-0009 / Fax:718-441-2310 *** WEB: http://www.comeaucomputing.com *** --- [ 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 ]