From -5680100223440301279 X-Google-Thread: f78e5,ccf6a146f69dd0fc X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsread.com!news-xfer.newsread.com!nntp.abs.net!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!newsfeed.vmunix.org!peer-uk.news.demon.net!kibo.news.demon.net!mutlu.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!stump.algebra.com!devnull From: pjp@dinkumware.com ("P.J. Plauger") Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Legacy issues:was:Re: standardizing the exception handling mechanism across platform/compilers Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 14:20:03 GMT Lines: 23 Sender: mail2news@demon.net Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++) Message-ID: <9vednf6yF4qWi5reRVn-hA@giganews.com> References: <1123763925.850895.253360@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <42feece5$0$16078$892e7fe2@authen.white.readfreenews.net> <430202d3$0$83690$892e7fe2@authen.white.readfreenews.net> <7NpMe.1913$r54.162@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com> <1124226617.637407.216790@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.news.demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1124547612 14881 158.152.254.254 (20 Aug 2005 14:20:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 14:20:12 +0000 (UTC) X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Priority: 3 X-Greylisting: NO DELAY (Relay+Sender autoqualified); processed by UCSD_GL-v2.1 on mailbox7.ucsd.edu; Sat, 20 August 2005 04:37:53 -0700 (PDT) X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cs.mu.OZ.AU X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Received: (from fjh@localhost) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9/Submit) id j7KEK3Nt012383; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 00:20:03 +1000 (EST) X-Path: comp-std-cpp-robomod!not-for-mail X-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 06:37:47 -0500 X-Delivered-To: std-c++@ucar.edu X-TN-Interface: 209.99.127.20 X-Spamscanner: mailbox7.ucsd.edu (v1.6 Aug 4 2005 15:27:38, 1.2/5.0 3.0.4) X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 X-Authentication-Warning: serv4.gc.dca.giganews.com: news set sender to poster@giganews.com using -f X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ X-MailScanner: PASSED (v1.2.8 87686 j7KBbqk1090448 mailbox7.ucsd.edu) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.std.c++:1879 ""Steven T. Hatton"" wrote in message news:hvSdncsz9YoE9pveRVn-jQ@speakeasy.net... > 1) _Are_ we going to break a zillion loc? No. > 2) So? If the committee tries to do so, the revised standard will be ignored by a significant portion of their constituency. P.J. Plauger Dinkumware, Ltd. http://www.dinkumware.com --- [ 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.jamesd.demon.co.uk/csc/faq.html ]