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- @Dave What do you mean by "implementation"? I'm using Visual C++ 2010 Express, I assume this is different than if I used emacs?bcf– bcf2013-12-24 20:59:10 +00:00Commented Dec 24, 2013 at 20:59
- @David emacs is just an editor. I'm talking about implementations of the standard library. VS2010 comes with one. emacs doesn't. Microsoft had the option to grow vector's capacity however they wanted. It's not specified in the standard on how to grow it. Different implementations could grow at different rates.David– David2013-12-24 21:01:18 +00:00Commented Dec 24, 2013 at 21:01
- @David: the "implementation" is the C++ compiler and its standard C++ library. Visual Studio C++ comes with a C++ compiler. Emacs doesnt. There are multiple different compilers, e.g., gcc and clang are popular open-source compilers.Dietmar Kühl– Dietmar Kühl2013-12-24 21:06:55 +00:00Commented Dec 24, 2013 at 21:06
- @DietmarKühl You would know better than me, but the semantic difference between 'implementation defined' and 'unspecified' which you're getting at seems pretty hazy - can you elaborate? They mean the same thing to me.David– David2013-12-24 21:07:47 +00:00Commented Dec 24, 2013 at 21:07
- @Dave: "implementation defined" means that the implementation's documentation needs to explicitly document what it has chosen to do and these choices become part of the contract. It is just that the C++ standard didn't make any choice (see, e.g., gcc's doc). "unspecified" means that the implementation needs to do something sensible and there may be different choices yielding different results but the choices are not documented and won't be guaranteed. A DS9k implementation could choose to make a different choice each time.Dietmar Kühl– Dietmar Kühl2013-12-24 21:16:29 +00:00Commented Dec 24, 2013 at 21:16
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