Comment Comment by dataflow > I've used vendor-specific C++ compilers with no bounds checking and a barely conforming stdlib, so by your logic C++ has zero bounds checking...I literally said exactly that: "The standard doesn't require any checks to begin with."> Defaults matter!Sigh... nobody claimed otherwise. You're really missing the point of the thread.All I did was give people a tip on how to improve their code security. The exact sentence I wrote was:>> "If you want bounds checking in your own code, start replacing T* with std::span<T> or std::span<T>::iterator whenever the target is an array.""BUT DEFAULTS MATTER!!!", you rebut! Well OK, then I guess keep your raw pointers in and don't migrate your code? Sorry I tried to help! parent dataflow 2 years ago
I literally said exactly that: "The standard doesn't require any checks to begin with."
> Defaults matter!
Sigh... nobody claimed otherwise. You're really missing the point of the thread.
All I did was give people a tip on how to improve their code security. The exact sentence I wrote was:
>> "If you want bounds checking in your own code, start replacing T* with std::span<T> or std::span<T>::iterator whenever the target is an array."
"BUT DEFAULTS MATTER!!!", you rebut! Well OK, then I guess keep your raw pointers in and don't migrate your code? Sorry I tried to help!