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Yeah but, it's one thing to informally refer to it as the STL; people will know what you're talking about. It's another to write an article about the standard l
by pton_xd 2y ago
Yeah but, it's one thing to informally refer to it as the STL; people will know what you're talking about. It's another to write an article about the standard library and say "The C++ standard library (also know as the STL)," which is a false statement and implies the author doesn't know what they're talking about. That's what the parent is referring to, I think. Personally no one I know has even informally referred to it as the STL since at least C++11, so it's a bit jarring to read.
- tom_ 2y agoIf it's a thing people call it (and they do) then surely there's no better qualification for that being something it's also known as.
- jb1991 2y agoIt’s not a thing that anyone I know who works professionally in the field calls it. Not for at least 10 years now. Some hobbyists do, though.
- Maxatar 2y agoOne of the main contributors to the C++ standard library refers to it that way. I can also confirm that many members of the C++ Committee refer to it that way as well. https://old.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/c90sxa/whats_the_difference_between_stl_and_c_standard/estnxss/ https://old.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/c90sxa/whats_the_diffe...
- jb1991 2y agoThat was half a decade ago. I’d be curious if they still feel that way.
- aw1621107 2y agoFrom ~10 days ago [0]: > I'm pretty good at language lawyering code patterns that the STL uses, but I only know a tiny slice of modules. From a different comment around the same time [1]: > Life would be easier if we could do a hard migration from classic includes to named modules, but the STL can't do that. > <snip> > For MSVC's STL, we have the headers (happy fun land), std.ixx (has to be built by the user, but otherwise is simple), and the separately compiled code that goes into msvcp140.dll/libcpmt.lib (scary town, complicated, always built classically in the VS Build Lab, knows nothing about modules). [0]: https://old.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/1jb8acg/what_is_current_state_of_modules_in_large/mhz1ma7/ https://old.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/1jb8acg/what_is_curren... [1]: https://old.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/1jb8acg/what_is_current_state_of_modules_in_large/mhwvmki/ https://old.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/1jb8acg/what_is_curren...
- tom_ 2y agoWell there you go. Just as you say, it is also known as the STL.