On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 03:41:17PM -0700, Benjamin Poulain wrote: > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Karen Shaeffer > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > Was reading the coding-style documentation. Have just one question > > concerning > > C++ null pointer value. Quoting the coding-style docs, "In C++, the null > > pointer > > value should be written as 0." > > > > My question is: Doesn't xcode clang now support features like nullptr? > > Shouldn't > > the coding-style documentation be updated to use nullptr? > > > > The problem is the variety of compilers used by the various ports (WebKit > is also used on Windows, Linux, Solaris, etc.), not all of them supports > nullptr. > > You can already use nullptr with some types (RefPtr, OwnPtr, etc). That is > thanks to a hack in Source/WTF/wtf/NullPtr.h > > Cheers, > Benjamin
Hi Benjamin, Of course, I understand that. But there is a huge opportunity cost to webkit. The c++11 standard also rewrites the entire standard library. I have been using g++ 4.7.2 using -stdc++11 in my work with linux. And the code I have tested is performing nearly like c code. If you take advantage of the performance enhancements in C++11, then you can realize impressive performance gains. I do understand the nature of the business. And I also understand that performance is huge moving forward, where resource constrained mobile platforms are significantly affected by performance issues. I suggest you'll see Blink moving aggressively to support C++11 moving forward. And I suggest it is in WebKit's long term interest to do so as well. enjoy, Karen -- Karen Shaeffer Neuralscape, Mountain View, CA 94040 _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
