Definition of POD types

[John Dibling]

Could somebody please direct me to a location in the standard where
POD types are defined? That is, where in the standard is it defined
what attributes a POD type has that a non-POD hasn't? Also, what does
the acronym stand for?

Thanks,

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John Dibling
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[Alf P. Steinbach]

Re: Definition of POD types

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:49:17 GMT, John Dibling <dib@substitute _my_full_last_n ame_here.com> wrote:
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>Could somebody please direct me to a location in the standard where
>POD types are defined?[/color]

§9/4: POD struct, POD union and POD class (the latter is a general term
for POD struct or POD union).

§3.9/1: POD type.

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>That is, where in the standard is it defined what attributes a POD type
>has that a non-POD hasn't?[/color]

It's actually opposite; see the first reference above.

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>Also, what does the acronym stand for?[/color]

Plain Old Datatype.

[John Dibling]

Re: Definition of POD types

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:05:22 -0400, "Victor Bazarov"
<v.Abazarov@att Abi.com> wrote:
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>Can't you search the Standard for "POD"? <sigh>...[/color]

Of course I did. Found many references to datatypes which were
described as being POD types or non-POD types, but nowhere was the
term POD defined.
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>3.9/10 "Arithmetic types (3.9.1), enumeration types, pointer types,
> and pointer to member types (3.9.2), and cvqualified versions of
> these types (3.9.3) are collectively called scalar types. Scalar
> types, POD-struct types, POD-union types (clause 9), arrays of such
> types and cv-qualified versions of these types (3.9.3) are
> collectively called POD types."[/color]

Saw this, but it didn't explain what common attributes correlated
these types as POD types. Especially since the desription is more
thatn somewhat self-referential, I did not find enlightenment here.
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>POD stands for Plain Old Data.[/color]

<click> This explains a great deal. Everything, in fact. All
questions answered. Thanks.

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John Dibling
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[John Dibling]

Re: Definition of POD types

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 18:01:05 GMT, alfps@start.no (Alf P. Steinbach)
wrote:

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>Plain Old Datatype.[/color]

Thanks much.

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John Dibling
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