In C++14 is it valid to use a double in the dimension of a new expression?











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In C++14 given the following code:



void foo() {
double d = 5.0;
auto p1 = new int[d];
}


clang compiles this without diagnostic while gcc on the other hand produces the following diagnostic (see it live):



error: expression in new-declarator must have integral or enumeration type
7 | auto p1 = new int[d];
|


I specifically labeled this C++14 because in C++11 mode clang treats this as ill-formed and produces the following diagnostic (see it live):



error: array size expression must have integral or unscoped enumeration type, not 'double'
auto p1 = new int[d];
^ ~


Is clang correct? If so what changed in C++14 to allow this?










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    Out of curiosity, a double allows for fractional quantities, so how would you allocate 0.75 of an integer, such as int * p_array = new int [0.75];? Or take something like 0.33333333, which is kind of difficult to allocate.
    – Thomas Matthews
    1 hour ago












  • I expect it to use the binary value of it as an integer even when it's a double so 0.75 would be 0011111111101 as an integer it's 16360
    – tomer zeitune
    1 hour ago










  • @ThomasMatthews no this would end up being a float to integral conversion and would truncate the float
    – Shafik Yaghmour
    55 mins ago















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In C++14 given the following code:



void foo() {
double d = 5.0;
auto p1 = new int[d];
}


clang compiles this without diagnostic while gcc on the other hand produces the following diagnostic (see it live):



error: expression in new-declarator must have integral or enumeration type
7 | auto p1 = new int[d];
|


I specifically labeled this C++14 because in C++11 mode clang treats this as ill-formed and produces the following diagnostic (see it live):



error: array size expression must have integral or unscoped enumeration type, not 'double'
auto p1 = new int[d];
^ ~


Is clang correct? If so what changed in C++14 to allow this?










share|improve this question


















  • 1




    Out of curiosity, a double allows for fractional quantities, so how would you allocate 0.75 of an integer, such as int * p_array = new int [0.75];? Or take something like 0.33333333, which is kind of difficult to allocate.
    – Thomas Matthews
    1 hour ago












  • I expect it to use the binary value of it as an integer even when it's a double so 0.75 would be 0011111111101 as an integer it's 16360
    – tomer zeitune
    1 hour ago










  • @ThomasMatthews no this would end up being a float to integral conversion and would truncate the float
    – Shafik Yaghmour
    55 mins ago













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In C++14 given the following code:



void foo() {
double d = 5.0;
auto p1 = new int[d];
}


clang compiles this without diagnostic while gcc on the other hand produces the following diagnostic (see it live):



error: expression in new-declarator must have integral or enumeration type
7 | auto p1 = new int[d];
|


I specifically labeled this C++14 because in C++11 mode clang treats this as ill-formed and produces the following diagnostic (see it live):



error: array size expression must have integral or unscoped enumeration type, not 'double'
auto p1 = new int[d];
^ ~


Is clang correct? If so what changed in C++14 to allow this?










share|improve this question













In C++14 given the following code:



void foo() {
double d = 5.0;
auto p1 = new int[d];
}


clang compiles this without diagnostic while gcc on the other hand produces the following diagnostic (see it live):



error: expression in new-declarator must have integral or enumeration type
7 | auto p1 = new int[d];
|


I specifically labeled this C++14 because in C++11 mode clang treats this as ill-formed and produces the following diagnostic (see it live):



error: array size expression must have integral or unscoped enumeration type, not 'double'
auto p1 = new int[d];
^ ~


Is clang correct? If so what changed in C++14 to allow this?







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    Out of curiosity, a double allows for fractional quantities, so how would you allocate 0.75 of an integer, such as int * p_array = new int [0.75];? Or take something like 0.33333333, which is kind of difficult to allocate.
    – Thomas Matthews
    1 hour ago












  • I expect it to use the binary value of it as an integer even when it's a double so 0.75 would be 0011111111101 as an integer it's 16360
    – tomer zeitune
    1 hour ago










  • @ThomasMatthews no this would end up being a float to integral conversion and would truncate the float
    – Shafik Yaghmour
    55 mins ago














  • 1




    Out of curiosity, a double allows for fractional quantities, so how would you allocate 0.75 of an integer, such as int * p_array = new int [0.75];? Or take something like 0.33333333, which is kind of difficult to allocate.
    – Thomas Matthews
    1 hour ago












  • I expect it to use the binary value of it as an integer even when it's a double so 0.75 would be 0011111111101 as an integer it's 16360
    – tomer zeitune
    1 hour ago










  • @ThomasMatthews no this would end up being a float to integral conversion and would truncate the float
    – Shafik Yaghmour
    55 mins ago








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Out of curiosity, a double allows for fractional quantities, so how would you allocate 0.75 of an integer, such as int * p_array = new int [0.75];? Or take something like 0.33333333, which is kind of difficult to allocate.
– Thomas Matthews
1 hour ago






Out of curiosity, a double allows for fractional quantities, so how would you allocate 0.75 of an integer, such as int * p_array = new int [0.75];? Or take something like 0.33333333, which is kind of difficult to allocate.
– Thomas Matthews
1 hour ago














I expect it to use the binary value of it as an integer even when it's a double so 0.75 would be 0011111111101 as an integer it's 16360
– tomer zeitune
1 hour ago




I expect it to use the binary value of it as an integer even when it's a double so 0.75 would be 0011111111101 as an integer it's 16360
– tomer zeitune
1 hour ago












@ThomasMatthews no this would end up being a float to integral conversion and would truncate the float
– Shafik Yaghmour
55 mins ago




@ThomasMatthews no this would end up being a float to integral conversion and would truncate the float
– Shafik Yaghmour
55 mins ago












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clang is correct, the key wording in [expr.new]p6 changes from this in the C++11 draft:




Every constant-expression in a noptr-new-declarator shall be an integral constant expression ([expr.const]) and evaluate to a strictly positive value. The expression in a noptr-new-declarator shall be of integral type, unscoped enumeration type, or a class type for which a single non-explicit conversion function to integral or unscoped enumeration type exists ([class.conv]). If the expression is of class type, the expression is converted by calling that conversion function, and the result of the conversion is used in place of the original expression. …




to this in the C++14 draft:




Every constant-expression in a noptr-new-declarator shall be a converted constant expression ([expr.const]) of type std::size_t and shall evaluate to a strictly positive value. The expression in a noptr-new-declaratoris implicitly converted to std::size_t. …




So in C++14 the requirement for the expression noptr-new-declarator was weakened to not require an integral, unscoped enumeration or a class with a
single non-explicit conversion function to one of those types but just allow implicit conversions to size_t.



This change came from the proposal A Proposal to Tweak Certain C++ Contextual Conversions, v3.






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    I am dubious about the usefulness of allowing double to be used as the size of an array... it seems more likely to let bugs pass silently than anything else :(
    – Matthieu M.
    1 hour ago






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    @MatthieuM. I agree, I believe it is a defect and that the intent was really to say contextually implicitly converted. I am filing a defect report on this hopefully today but who knows maybe I am wrong :-(
    – Shafik Yaghmour
    58 mins ago













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clang is correct, the key wording in [expr.new]p6 changes from this in the C++11 draft:




Every constant-expression in a noptr-new-declarator shall be an integral constant expression ([expr.const]) and evaluate to a strictly positive value. The expression in a noptr-new-declarator shall be of integral type, unscoped enumeration type, or a class type for which a single non-explicit conversion function to integral or unscoped enumeration type exists ([class.conv]). If the expression is of class type, the expression is converted by calling that conversion function, and the result of the conversion is used in place of the original expression. …




to this in the C++14 draft:




Every constant-expression in a noptr-new-declarator shall be a converted constant expression ([expr.const]) of type std::size_t and shall evaluate to a strictly positive value. The expression in a noptr-new-declaratoris implicitly converted to std::size_t. …




So in C++14 the requirement for the expression noptr-new-declarator was weakened to not require an integral, unscoped enumeration or a class with a
single non-explicit conversion function to one of those types but just allow implicit conversions to size_t.



This change came from the proposal A Proposal to Tweak Certain C++ Contextual Conversions, v3.






share|improve this answer

















  • 2




    I am dubious about the usefulness of allowing double to be used as the size of an array... it seems more likely to let bugs pass silently than anything else :(
    – Matthieu M.
    1 hour ago






  • 2




    @MatthieuM. I agree, I believe it is a defect and that the intent was really to say contextually implicitly converted. I am filing a defect report on this hopefully today but who knows maybe I am wrong :-(
    – Shafik Yaghmour
    58 mins ago

















up vote
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clang is correct, the key wording in [expr.new]p6 changes from this in the C++11 draft:




Every constant-expression in a noptr-new-declarator shall be an integral constant expression ([expr.const]) and evaluate to a strictly positive value. The expression in a noptr-new-declarator shall be of integral type, unscoped enumeration type, or a class type for which a single non-explicit conversion function to integral or unscoped enumeration type exists ([class.conv]). If the expression is of class type, the expression is converted by calling that conversion function, and the result of the conversion is used in place of the original expression. …




to this in the C++14 draft:




Every constant-expression in a noptr-new-declarator shall be a converted constant expression ([expr.const]) of type std::size_t and shall evaluate to a strictly positive value. The expression in a noptr-new-declaratoris implicitly converted to std::size_t. …




So in C++14 the requirement for the expression noptr-new-declarator was weakened to not require an integral, unscoped enumeration or a class with a
single non-explicit conversion function to one of those types but just allow implicit conversions to size_t.



This change came from the proposal A Proposal to Tweak Certain C++ Contextual Conversions, v3.






share|improve this answer

















  • 2




    I am dubious about the usefulness of allowing double to be used as the size of an array... it seems more likely to let bugs pass silently than anything else :(
    – Matthieu M.
    1 hour ago






  • 2




    @MatthieuM. I agree, I believe it is a defect and that the intent was really to say contextually implicitly converted. I am filing a defect report on this hopefully today but who knows maybe I am wrong :-(
    – Shafik Yaghmour
    58 mins ago















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clang is correct, the key wording in [expr.new]p6 changes from this in the C++11 draft:




Every constant-expression in a noptr-new-declarator shall be an integral constant expression ([expr.const]) and evaluate to a strictly positive value. The expression in a noptr-new-declarator shall be of integral type, unscoped enumeration type, or a class type for which a single non-explicit conversion function to integral or unscoped enumeration type exists ([class.conv]). If the expression is of class type, the expression is converted by calling that conversion function, and the result of the conversion is used in place of the original expression. …




to this in the C++14 draft:




Every constant-expression in a noptr-new-declarator shall be a converted constant expression ([expr.const]) of type std::size_t and shall evaluate to a strictly positive value. The expression in a noptr-new-declaratoris implicitly converted to std::size_t. …




So in C++14 the requirement for the expression noptr-new-declarator was weakened to not require an integral, unscoped enumeration or a class with a
single non-explicit conversion function to one of those types but just allow implicit conversions to size_t.



This change came from the proposal A Proposal to Tweak Certain C++ Contextual Conversions, v3.






share|improve this answer












clang is correct, the key wording in [expr.new]p6 changes from this in the C++11 draft:




Every constant-expression in a noptr-new-declarator shall be an integral constant expression ([expr.const]) and evaluate to a strictly positive value. The expression in a noptr-new-declarator shall be of integral type, unscoped enumeration type, or a class type for which a single non-explicit conversion function to integral or unscoped enumeration type exists ([class.conv]). If the expression is of class type, the expression is converted by calling that conversion function, and the result of the conversion is used in place of the original expression. …




to this in the C++14 draft:




Every constant-expression in a noptr-new-declarator shall be a converted constant expression ([expr.const]) of type std::size_t and shall evaluate to a strictly positive value. The expression in a noptr-new-declaratoris implicitly converted to std::size_t. …




So in C++14 the requirement for the expression noptr-new-declarator was weakened to not require an integral, unscoped enumeration or a class with a
single non-explicit conversion function to one of those types but just allow implicit conversions to size_t.



This change came from the proposal A Proposal to Tweak Certain C++ Contextual Conversions, v3.







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  • 2




    I am dubious about the usefulness of allowing double to be used as the size of an array... it seems more likely to let bugs pass silently than anything else :(
    – Matthieu M.
    1 hour ago






  • 2




    @MatthieuM. I agree, I believe it is a defect and that the intent was really to say contextually implicitly converted. I am filing a defect report on this hopefully today but who knows maybe I am wrong :-(
    – Shafik Yaghmour
    58 mins ago
















  • 2




    I am dubious about the usefulness of allowing double to be used as the size of an array... it seems more likely to let bugs pass silently than anything else :(
    – Matthieu M.
    1 hour ago






  • 2




    @MatthieuM. I agree, I believe it is a defect and that the intent was really to say contextually implicitly converted. I am filing a defect report on this hopefully today but who knows maybe I am wrong :-(
    – Shafik Yaghmour
    58 mins ago










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I am dubious about the usefulness of allowing double to be used as the size of an array... it seems more likely to let bugs pass silently than anything else :(
– Matthieu M.
1 hour ago




I am dubious about the usefulness of allowing double to be used as the size of an array... it seems more likely to let bugs pass silently than anything else :(
– Matthieu M.
1 hour ago




2




2




@MatthieuM. I agree, I believe it is a defect and that the intent was really to say contextually implicitly converted. I am filing a defect report on this hopefully today but who knows maybe I am wrong :-(
– Shafik Yaghmour
58 mins ago






@MatthieuM. I agree, I believe it is a defect and that the intent was really to say contextually implicitly converted. I am filing a defect report on this hopefully today but who knows maybe I am wrong :-(
– Shafik Yaghmour
58 mins ago




















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