On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Stefan Seefeld <seefeld@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 05/25/2010 05:13 PM, Lorenzo Caminiti wrote:
I see but then the argument would be that C++ uses `return` (infinite form of the verb) and not `returns` for "this function returns this value".
No, "returns" would be declarative, while "return" is imperative. This is a "return-statement", not a "return-declaration", after all. :-)
I was thinking: What about `throw` for exception specifications? Shouldn't that also be `throws` (3rd person) because it is declaring the exceptions that the function can throw? // Declarative in exception-specification-declaration "f throws int and double" -- shouldn't be `throws` (3rd person)? void f() throw(int, double) { // Imperative in throw-statement "throw int -1" -- so `throw` (infinite form) is OK. throw int(-1); } Also I looked at all C++/C++0x keywords and I couldn't find any other 3rd person keyword... would `requires` eventually be the only one? -- Lorenzo P.S. I think part of the reason I have these type of questions is because English is not my first language. Thanks a lot for taking the time to explain.