[cfe-dev] [libc++] use of allocator_traits

[Eric Fiselier via cfe-dev]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 3:20 AM, Axel Naumann via cfe-dev <
cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm confused by libc++'s use of allocator_traits, for instance in
> vector:898:
>     __alloc_traits::__construct_backward(this->__alloc(),
> this->__begin_, this->__end_, __v.__begin_);
>
> The standard seems to not require the existence of a member called
> __construct_backward. Seemingly standard-conforming, user provided
> specializations of this trait (for a user provided allocator) thus fail
> to compile.
>
> Am I misinterpreting allocator_trait as a customization point?
>

I would have thought so, because my understanding was that the allocator
was the customization point, where as allocator_traits was the interface
used
to deal with the custom allocator.

However, the standard seems to disagree with me, noting that users
may specialize `allocator_traits`.



> Cheers, Axel.
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