From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28905 invoked by alias); 5 Mar 2003 18:46:04 -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 28886 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2003 18:46:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail-out2.apple.com) (17.254.0.51) by 172.16.49.205 with SMTP; 5 Mar 2003 18:46:01 -0000 Received: from mailgate1.apple.com (A17-128-100-225.apple.com [17.128.100.225]) by mail-out2.apple.com (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h25Ik0nR024389 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 10:46:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from scv1.apple.com (scv1.apple.com) by mailgate1.apple.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.2.1) with ESMTP id ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 10:45:52 -0800 Received: from apple.com (isolde.apple.com [17.201.24.249]) by scv1.apple.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id h25Ijss06423; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 10:45:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 18:52:00 -0000 Subject: Re: Putting C++ code into gcc front end Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v551) Cc: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar), zack@codesourcery.com, gcc@gcc.gnu.org, mrs@apple.com, tromey@redhat.com To: Gabriel Dos Reis From: Matt Austern In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2003-03/txt/msg00342.txt.bz2 On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 07:58 AM, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote: > dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) writes: > > | So perhaps the prerequisite here is to develop an agreed set of > language features > | that can be used, chosen with two goals in mind: > | > | 1. Keep the code clear, and accessible by non-C++ experts > | > | 2. Keep the code compilable by a wide range of C++ compilers > > Absolutely. I think the only really controversial question would be whether to allow partial specialization of templates. Everything else is a clear yes or a clear no. --Matt