Specializations of std::char_traits

[Matt Austern]

On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 02:35  PM, Benjamin Kosnik wrote:

>
>> We may use a suggestion made on the the LWG reflector:  define
>> char_traits as
>>
>>   template<typename charT>
>>      struct char_traits : __gnu_cxx::char_traits<charT> { };
>>
>> Users can specialize __gnu_cxx::char_traits<> at will on fundamental
>> types.  We may provide a definition for the primary template
>> __gnu_cxx::char_traits<>.  This we don't create the confusion that
>> users can specialize std::templates on fundamental types.
>> Comments?
>
> I like this approach too.
>
> It's better than link-only definitions, which are kind of obscure and
> wouldn't be inlined. It also keeps control in the hands of the user.
>
> Perhaps this is the time for some code...

OK, I should have a patch tomorrow.

			--Matt