Re: [boost] LWG reaction: Header <cstdint>

From: Howard Hinnant (hinnant_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-05 16:28:35

On Monday, November 5, 2001, at 04:06  PM, Kevin Lynch wrote:

> So, unless I'm misunderstanding something, I really don't see that it is
> useful to make any changes to the library or language that would loosen
> the type system in this way to solve what I see as a nonexistent issue.
> But again, I could easily be missing something, and might well be
> convinced otherwise.

You're not misunderstanding.  And coming from an engineering background, 
there's a lot of me that agrees with you.  However a significant number 
of my customers disagree with us (a few of them pretty strongly).  And I 
usually find myself representing them more than my personal opinions on 
cases (like this one) where I see no real harm.  This is essentially a C 
compatibility issue.  And is targeted straight at the math functions.  
I'm not proposing a general language change.

Nevertheless, please don't feel obliged to add this issue to your 
newsgroup post if you're not comfortable with it.  Since you asked, I 
answered.  It need not go beyond that.

-Howard