Re: Specifying standard headers that don't require run time support

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From	Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Subject	Re: Specifying standard headers that don't require run time support
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Date	2016-04-01 19:07 -0600

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Ian Collins <ian-news@this.is.invalid> writes:
> Has there ever been a move to formally identify standard library
> headers that don't require run time (especially dynamic allocation)
> support?  An obvious example would be <array>.
>
> The reason I ask is to make at least a subset of the standard library
> available to smaller embedded projects.

That sounds similar to the existing distinction between hosted and
freestanding implementations.  C++11 17.6.1.3 [compliance] has a list of
the subset of the standard headers that must be supported for
freestanding implementations.  Perhaps <array> (and others?) should be
added to that list.

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Specifying standard headers that don't require run time support Ian Collins <ian-news@this.is.invalid> - 2016-01-05 13:16 -0600
  Re: Specifying standard headers that don't require run time support Martin Bonner <martinfrompi@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-15 13:07 -0600
  Re: Specifying standard headers that don't require run time support Bo Persson <bop@gmb.dk> - 2016-01-15 13:07 -0600
    Re: Specifying standard headers that don't require run time support Francis Glassborow <francis.glassborow@btinternet.com> - 2016-02-08 11:27 -0600
    Re: Specifying standard headers that don't require run time support Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> - 2016-02-08 11:27 -0600
      Re: Specifying standard headers that don't require run time support Ian Collins <ian-news@this.is.invalid> - 2016-02-20 15:18 -0600
  Re: Specifying standard headers that don't require run time support Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-04-01 19:07 -0600

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