After quickly reading "SE-0181: Package Manager C/C++ Language Standard Support" I noticed that as Swift doesn't support "+" sign in identifiers, the format "cxx" was used (as in "CXXLanguageStandard"), why isn't "cpp" used instead of "cxx" ?
Several Swift developers came from clang, and clang uses "CXX" almost everywhere.
One reason for clang to use "CXX" is that "CPP" is historically also used for the C preprocessor. Using "CPP" for C++ would risk ambiguity.
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On Jul 12, 2017, at 10:21 AM, Trevör ANNE DENISE via swift-evolution <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
After quickly reading "SE-0181: Package Manager C/C++ Language Standard Support" I noticed that as Swift doesn't support "+" sign in identifiers, the format "cxx" was used (as in "CXXLanguageStandard"), why isn't "cpp" used instead of "cxx" ?
Little known fact: + is just an x with the unicode 45° combining character applied to it. ;-)
-Chris
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On Jul 12, 2017, at 2:21 PM, Greg Parker via swift-evolution <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
On Jul 12, 2017, at 10:21 AM, Trevör ANNE DENISE via swift-evolution <swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote:
After quickly reading "SE-0181: Package Manager C/C++ Language Standard Support" I noticed that as Swift doesn't support "+" sign in identifiers, the format "cxx" was used (as in "CXXLanguageStandard"), why isn't "cpp" used instead of "cxx" ?
Several Swift developers came from clang, and clang uses "CXX" almost everywhere.
Le 13 juil. 2017 à 00:59, Chris Lattner <clattner@nondot.org> a écrit :
On Jul 12, 2017, at 2:21 PM, Greg Parker via swift-evolution <swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote:
On Jul 12, 2017, at 10:21 AM, Trevör ANNE DENISE via swift-evolution <swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote:
After quickly reading "SE-0181: Package Manager C/C++ Language Standard Support" I noticed that as Swift doesn't support "+" sign in identifiers, the format "cxx" was used (as in "CXXLanguageStandard"), why isn't "cpp" used instead of "cxx" ?
Several Swift developers came from clang, and clang uses "CXX" almost everywhere.
Little known fact: + is just an x with the unicode 45° combining character applied to it. ;-)
On Jul 12, 2017, at 10:21 AM, Trevör ANNE DENISE via swift-evolution swift-evolution@swift.org wrote:
After quickly reading "SE-0181: Package Manager C/C++ Language Standard Support" I noticed that as Swift doesn't support "+" sign in identifiers, the format "cxx" was used (as in "CXXLanguageStandard"), why isn't "cpp" used instead of "cxx" ?
Several Swift developers came from clang, and clang uses "CXX" almost everywhere.
Little known fact: + is just an x with the unicode 45° combining character applied to it. ;-)