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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Chapter 8. Concept Checking</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2" /><meta name="keywords" content=" ISO C++ , library " /><link rel="start" href="../spine.html" title="The GNU C++ Library Documentation" /><link rel="up" href="diagnostics.html" title="Part III. Diagnostics" /><link rel="prev" href="bk01pt03ch07s03.html" title="Cancellation" /><link rel="next" href="utilities.html" title="Part IV. Utilities" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 8. Concept Checking</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bk01pt03ch07s03.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part III. Diagnostics</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="utilities.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="chapter" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="manual.diagnostics.concept_checking"></a>Chapter 8. Concept Checking</h2></div></div></div><p>
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In 1999, SGI added “<span class="quote">concept checkers</span>” to their
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implementation of the STL: code which checked the template
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parameters of instantiated pieces of the STL, in order to insure
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that the parameters being used met the requirements of the
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standard. For example, the Standard requires that types passed as
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template parameters to <code class="classname">vector</code> be
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"Assignable" (which means what you think it means). The
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checking was done during compilation, and none of the code was
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executed at runtime.
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</p><p>
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Unfortunately, the size of the compiler files grew significantly
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as a result. The checking code itself was cumbersome. And bugs
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were found in it on more than one occasion.
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</p><p>
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The primary author of the checking code, Jeremy Siek, had already
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started work on a replacement implementation. The new code has been
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formally reviewed and accepted into
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<a class="ulink" href="http://www.boost.org/libs/concept_check/concept_check.htm" target="_top">the
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Boost libraries</a>, and we are pleased to incorporate it into the
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GNU C++ library.
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</p><p>
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The new version imposes a much smaller space overhead on the generated
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object file. The checks are also cleaner and easier to read and
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understand.
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</p><p>
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They are off by default for all versions of GCC.
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They can be enabled at configure time with
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<a class="ulink" href="../configopts.html" target="_top"><code class="literal">--enable-concept-checks</code></a>.
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You can enable them on a per-translation-unit basis with
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<code class="literal">-D_GLIBCXX_CONCEPT_CHECKS</code>.
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</p><p>
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Please note that the upcoming C++ standard has first-class
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support for template parameter constraints based on concepts in the core
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language. This will obviate the need for the library-simulated concept
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checking described above.
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