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What is "template using owner = T;"?
Below is excerpted from gsl.h of Microsoft's gsl library (https://github.com/microsoft/gsl):
namespace gsl
{
//
// GSL.owner: ownership pointers
//
using std::unique_ptr;
using std::shared_ptr;
template
using…
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Doesn't gsl::cstring_span support constexpr? If not, why should I use it?
I have a piece of code that looks like this:
constexpr gsl::cstring_span<> const somestring{"Hello, I am a string"};
and it refuses to compile with a message complaining that some non-constexpr function is being called somewhere.
Why is this? This…
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Error Handling with Core Guidelines GSL Expects, Ensures, and narrow_cast
I am trying to follow the Cpp Core Guidelines and use GSL where appropriate. In particular, I would like to use Expects and Ensures for pre and post-conditions, as well as span, and narrow_cast, but the error handling is not robust and does not…
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