Re: [boost] Re: [Review] Named parameters library

From: Aaron W. LaFramboise (aaronrabiddog51_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-17 22:17:37

David Abrahams wrote:

> "Thorsten Ottosen" <nesotto_at_[hidden]> writes:

>>Here's my take on it: a compiler is allowed to a remove any copy operations as
>>long as the programs observed behavior is the
>>same. AFAICT, copying (or assigning) a vector<int> (compared to not doing it)
>>will never change the observed behavior.
> 
> You're kidding, right?  I doubt very much that the compiler can
> legitimately decide that side effects on the memory subsystem due to
> allocation are not observable.

This came up on the GCC lists a while back
<http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2004-10/msg00424.html>.

Aaron W. LaFramboise