From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7834 invoked by alias); 7 Dec 2004 22:33:23 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 7802 invoked from network); 7 Dec 2004 22:33:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO kiruna.synopsys.com) (198.182.44.80) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 7 Dec 2004 22:33:18 -0000 Received: from maiden.synopsys.com (maiden.synopsys.com [146.225.100.170]) by kiruna.synopsys.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D74B1FA1E; Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:32:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from piper.synopsys.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by maiden.synopsys.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA20724; Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:33:16 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jbuck@localhost) by piper.synopsys.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id iB7MXGh17220; Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:33:16 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: piper.synopsys.com: jbuck set sender to Joe.Buck@synopsys.com using -f Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 22:33:00 -0000 From: Joe Buck To: chris jefferson Cc: Ed Smith-Rowland <3dw4rd@verizon.net>, gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Mention addition of TR1 to C++ for GCC-4.0.0 Message-ID: <20041207143316.A16598@synopsys.com> References: <41B5B5A6.6070702@verizon.net> <41B5B72E.3080402@cs.york.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <41B5B72E.3080402@cs.york.ac.uk>; from caj@cs.york.ac.uk on Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 01:59:10PM +0000 X-SW-Source: 2004-12/txt/msg00301.txt.bz2 On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 01:59:10PM +0000, chris jefferson wrote: > Ed Smith-Rowland wrote: > > > I think the addition of the TR1 template classes and algorithms (the > > parts of Boost++ that have been ratified as an extension to C++ by > > ISO) should be mentioned on the web page: > > http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.0/changes.html. > > > > These additions are great news for me at least. > > > I'm sure someone more knowledgable than me will also reply to this > message, but it is important to note that at the moment (and I imagine > even in 4.0), only a portion of the TR1 has been implemented. > > Also it will be important to note that the currently published TR1 is > not yet final, and I'm certain that some things will change before the > final release. Nevertheless, we could use a note documenting the parts of TR1 that will be in 4.0.0, how to use it, etc., and make sure to warn people that it is experimental (meaning that the libstdc++ team makes no promises about backward compatibility, so the users might have to revise their programs later on should the committee make changes).