[webkit-dev] Get rid of RefPtr, replace with std::optional<Ref>?

[JF Bastien]

The standard wants you to specialize things in std sometimes, and not other
times... I’m not sure here’s clear guidance here. :(

On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 10:46 AM Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com> wrote:

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> > On Sep 1, 2017, at 10:07 AM, Brady Eidson <beidson at apple.com> wrote:
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> >> On Sep 1, 2017, at 9:46 AM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com> wrote:
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> >>> Does RefPtr do anything for us today that std::optional<Ref> doesn’t?
> >>
> >> The obvious things would be: uses less storage space
> >
> > Grumble. If that’s true (which, thinking about it, of course it is true)
> this is pretty much a nonstarter. So… nevermind.
>
> It might be possible to make a specialization of std::optional<Ref> that
> avoids the overhead for a separate initialized bool. I'm not sure if it is
> wise to write specializations of standard library template classes though.
>
> Regards,
> Maciej
>
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