From -5158808358542130238 X-Google-Thread: f78e5,22c0f600a315f2ac X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!nntp.theplanet.net!inewsm1.nntp.theplanet.net!peer-uk.news.demon.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!stump.algebra.com!devnull From: francis@robinton.demon.co.uk (Francis Glassborow) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: difference between Standard C++ 98 and Standard C++ 2003 Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 18:55:38 GMT Organization: Southfield Microcomputer SS Lines: 27 Sender: mail2news@demon.net Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++) Message-ID: References: <1148841517.885117.79080@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.news.demon.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1148928955 11762 158.152.254.254 (29 May 2006 18:55:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 18:55:55 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: std-c++@mailman.ucar.edu X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-User-Agent: Turnpike/6.03-U (<3FIbFt+bVCjz8KbgotrhKRDkBy>) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cs.mu.OZ.AU X-Received: (from fjh@localhost) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9/Submit) id k4TItcl8016651; Tue, 30 May 2006 04:55:38 +1000 (EST) X-Path: comp-std-cpp-robomod!not-for-mail X-Delivered-To: std-c++@ucar.edu X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.std.c++:2145 In article , James Dennett writes >JBorges wrote: >> does anyone know the difference between Standard C++ 98 and Standard >> C++ 2003? > >C++ 2003 is C++98 with TC1 (technical corrigendum 1) rolled in -- in >other words, C++2003 is C++1998 with few defects in the standardese. >There are supposed to be no changes other than corrections of defects >(though the added guarantee of contiguity of std::vector stretches >the limit of what's considered a defect a little). As does the changes to the initialisation rules which really are a change and not just a bug fix. -- Francis Glassborow ACCU Author of 'You Can Do It!' see http://www.spellen.org/youcandoit For project ideas and contributions: http://www.spellen.org/youcandoit/projects --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.comeaucomputing.com/csc/faq.html ]