From -3072645949528899113 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,a615cd43626d4d92 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-03-24 12:31:36 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsrout1.ntli.net!news.ntli.net!kibo.news.demon.net!mutlu.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!devnull From: rtw@freenet.REMOVE.co.uk (Rob Williscroft) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Proposal for a header Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:31:35 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 30 Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++) Message-ID: References: X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1080160295 5884 10.0.0.1 (24 Mar 2004 20:31:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:31:35 +0000 (UTC) X-Received: from mulga.cs.mu.oz.au ([128.250.1.22]) by news.demon.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 1B6F2E-0001Wh-00 for mail2news@news.news.demon.net; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:31:34 +0000 X-Received: from mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU with ESMTP id i2OKVWi2001589; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 07:31:32 +1100 (EST) X-Received: (from fjh@localhost) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9/Submit) id i2OKVWOZ001580; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 07:31:32 +1100 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Path: comp-std-cpp-robomod!not-for-mail X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-Delivered-To: std-c++@ucar.edu X-Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ X-User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 X-NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Mar 2004 17:56:07 GMT X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-mulga_r1 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.2 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.60-mulga_r1 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:1387 Gennaro Prota wrote in news:dqpl50t17gq852tc03qgpohk143k2spim4@4ax.com: > The problems that still exist are that a) adding declarations of > standard classes to namespace std results in undefined behavior if the > declarations do not depend on a user-defined name with external > linkage b) default arguments for template parameters cannot be given > twice in the same scope. > But we could still forward declare: namespace std { template < typename T, typename A > class vector; } Or do you think this is case (a) adding a declaration to namespace std ? Its clearly a declaration in namespace std. I'm just not sure wether anything is being "added" ? Rob. -- http://www.victim-prime.dsl.pipex.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 ]