Re: STL, C++, Mysql Development?

[Chad MILLER]

On 29 Jan 2009, at 11:10, Patrick Lau wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Is it possible to use STL for mysql development? I tried to use
> std::map, but it fails everytime during compilation...

Mark's answer should help.

We don't use enough of the C++ ecosystem in MySQL, I sqy.  I'd love to  
use the STL* and exceptions**, and probably more.  We usually think we  
can do it better than the implementors of libraries and compilers,  
which leads us down some strange paths.  It's not specific to C++,  
either; we even have (not well substantiated) reports that our custom  
memcpy that's optimized for specific sized blocks is slower than plain  
memcpy, on some architectures***.

- chad

* sql/sql_list.h ?
** check_stack_overrun() ?!
*** Bug#19975