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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Chapter 4. Support</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL-NS Stylesheets V1.76.1"/><meta name="keywords" content=" ISO C++ , library "/><link rel="home" href="../spine.html" title="The GNU C++ Library"/><link rel="up" href="bk01pt02.html" title="Part II. Standard Contents"/><link rel="prev" href="bk01pt02.html" title="Part II. Standard Contents"/><link rel="next" href="dynamic_memory.html" title="Dynamic Memory"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 4.
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Support
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</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="support.html#std.support.types">Types</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="support.html#std.support.types.fundamental">Fundamental Types</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="support.html#std.support.types.numeric_limits">Numeric Properties</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="support.html#std.support.types.null">NULL</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="dynamic_memory.html">Dynamic Memory</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="termination.html">Termination</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="termination.html#support.termination.handlers">Termination Handlers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="termination.html#support.termination.verbose">Verbose Terminate Handler</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><p>
This part deals with the functions called and objects created
automatically during the course of a program's existence.
</p><p>
While we can't reproduce the contents of the Standard here (you
need to get your own copy from your nation's member body; see our
homepage for help), we can mention a couple of changes in what
kind of support a C++ program gets from the Standard Library.
</p><div class="section" title="Types"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="std.support.types"/>Types</h2></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Fundamental Types"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="std.support.types.fundamental"/>Fundamental Types</h3></div></div></div><p>
C++ has the following builtin types:
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem"><p>
char
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
signed char
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
unsigned char
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
signed short
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
signed int
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
signed long
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
unsigned short
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
unsigned int
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
unsigned long
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
bool
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
wchar_t
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
float
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
double
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
long double
</p></li></ul></div><p>
These fundamental types are always available, without having to
include a header file. These types are exactly the same in
either C++ or in C.
</p><p>
Specializing parts of the library on these types is prohibited:
instead, use a POD.
</p></div><div class="section" title="Numeric Properties"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="std.support.types.numeric_limits"/>Numeric Properties</h3></div></div></div><p>
The header <code class="filename">limits</code> defines
traits classes to give access to various implementation
defined-aspects of the fundamental types. The traits classes --
fourteen in total -- are all specializations of the template class
<code class="classname">numeric_limits</code>, documented <a class="link" href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/latest-doxygen/a00593.html">here</a>
and defined as follows:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
template<typename T>
struct class
{
static const bool is_specialized;
static T max() throw();
static T min() throw();
static const int digits;
static const int digits10;
static const bool is_signed;
static const bool is_integer;
static const bool is_exact;
static const int radix;
static T epsilon() throw();
static T round_error() throw();
static const int min_exponent;
static const int min_exponent10;
static const int max_exponent;
static const int max_exponent10;
static const bool has_infinity;
static const bool has_quiet_NaN;
static const bool has_signaling_NaN;
static const float_denorm_style has_denorm;
static const bool has_denorm_loss;
static T infinity() throw();
static T quiet_NaN() throw();
static T denorm_min() throw();
static const bool is_iec559;
static const bool is_bounded;
static const bool is_modulo;
static const bool traps;
static const bool tinyness_before;
static const float_round_style round_style;
};
</pre></div><div class="section" title="NULL"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="std.support.types.null"/>NULL</h3></div></div></div><p>
The only change that might affect people is the type of
<code class="constant">NULL</code>: while it is required to be a macro,
the definition of that macro is <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> allowed
to be <code class="constant">(void*)0</code>, which is often used in C.
</p><p>
For <span class="command"><strong>g++</strong></span>, <code class="constant">NULL</code> is
<code class="code">#define</code>'d to be
<code class="constant">__null</code>, a magic keyword extension of
<span class="command"><strong>g++</strong></span>.
</p><p>
The biggest problem of #defining <code class="constant">NULL</code> to be
something like <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">0L</span>”</span> is that the compiler will view
that as a long integer before it views it as a pointer, so
overloading won't do what you expect. (This is why
<span class="command"><strong>g++</strong></span> has a magic extension, so that
<code class="constant">NULL</code> is always a pointer.)
</p><p>In his book <a class="link" href="http://www.awprofessional.com/titles/0-201-92488-9/"><span class="emphasis"><em>Effective
C++</em></span></a>, Scott Meyers points out that the best way
to solve this problem is to not overload on pointer-vs-integer
types to begin with. He also offers a way to make your own magic
<code class="constant">NULL</code> that will match pointers before it
matches integers.
</p><p>See
<a class="link" href="http://www.awprofessional.com/titles/0-201-31015-5/">the
Effective C++ CD example</a>
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