David Stone

David Stone has asked 58 questions and find answers to 27 problems.

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Member of C++ Standardization Committee, where I chair the Modules Study Group (SG2) and vice chair the Evolution Working Group (EWG).

David Stone questions

Why can't I use an arbitrary nesting of braces to construct most classes?
C++ constexpr overload, different code for compile-time and runtime [duplicate]
How to determine which compiler was requested
Recursive noexcept specification
What is std::numeric_limits<T>::digits supposed to represent?
Partial specialization of class template for a type that appears in any position of a variadic template parameter pack
Overloading static and non-static member function with constraint
Constructing a non-copyable, non-movable type into a function parameter without invoking initializer_list constructor
class template specialization that accepts all versions of const / volatile qualifications and & vs &&
std::less<void> and pointer types

David Stone answers

Can I detach the buffer from a std::string in C++?
Method forwarding with composition instead of inheritance (using C++ traits)
std::map emplace fails with explicit constructor
How to deal with global-constructor warning in clang?
Is is_constexpr possible in C++11?
What is std::numeric_limits<T>::digits supposed to represent?
Is using a map where value is std::shared_ptr a good design choice for having multi-indexed lists of classes?
How to make a enum with values over max int allowed?
Using enum instead of struct for tag dispatching in C++
Specializing std::optional