[llvm-dev] typedef or using in C++ code

[Mehdi Amini via llvm-dev]

> On Sep 7, 2016, at 5:46 PM, Piotr Padlewski <piotr.padlewski at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2016-09-07 17:40 GMT-07:00 Mehdi Amini via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org <mailto:llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>>:
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> > On Sep 7, 2016, at 4:50 PM, Joerg Sonnenberger via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org <mailto:llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 04:30:01PM -0700, Eugene Zelenko via llvm-dev wrote:
> >> What should be used for type declarations: typedef or using? typedef
> >> is there because of historical reasons, but LLVM code based is C++11
> >> now.
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> >> LLVM Coding Standards are not clear on this matter.
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> > Can you give some context for the situation you wonder about? They are
> > both valid in some situation.
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> Are there cases were typedef is (technically) preferable (or needed) compared to using?
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> You cant write 

The question is the opposite: what are the cases where *typedef* is preferable to using?
(I don’t know any, that’s why I ask.)

— 
Mehdi

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