[cxx-abi-dev] What is a POD? TC1 or first C++ Standard

Dennis Handly dhandly at cup.hp.com
Mon Sep 27 23:40:15 UTC 2004


>From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery.com>
>It seems to me that a POD with a pointer-to-member data member should 
>not be a "POD for purpose of layout" because the layout of a "POD for 
>the purpose of layout" is supposed to be whatever the C ABI would 
>require -- and the C ABI does not specify the layout of a type 
>containing a pointer-to-member.

I don't see that in:
   http://www.codesourcery.com/cxx-abi/abi.html#POD

I read it as a "POD for the purpose of layout" is a POD except with
bit fields wider than the type.  Nothing about being C.



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