From -1786337568217773033 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,299b13f3264fa537 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-Thread: 114592,1b9fa508fe1b725 X-Google-Attributes: gid114592,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-01-16 21:40:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!kibo.news.demon.net!mutlu.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!devnull From: do-not-spam-benh@bwsint.com (Ben Hutchings) Newsgroups: alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++,comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: using boost::any Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 05:40:40 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 51 Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++) Message-ID: References: X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1074318040 28700 10.0.0.1 (17 Jan 2004 05:40:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 05:40:40 +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 1AhjCI-0007Sl-00 for mail2news@news.news.demon.net; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 05:40:39 +0000 X-Received: from mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU with ESMTP id i0H5eXmC006755; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 16:40:36 +1100 (EST) X-Received: (from fjh@localhost) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9/Submit) id i0H5eWQN006745; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 16:40:32 +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: alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++,comp.std.c++ X-Reply-To: Ben Hutchings X-Orig-NNTP-Posting-Host: gold.businesswebsoftware.com (212.44.26.3) X-Orig-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1074257457 15545179 212.44.26.3 ([70929]) X-User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Win32) X-Spamscanner: mailbox3.ucsd.edu (v1.4 Dec 3 2003 15:07:19, 0.0/5.0 2.60) X-MailScanner: PASSED (v1.2.8 15529 i0GCow6A027054 mailbox3.ucsd.edu) X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.2 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.60-mulga_r1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-mulga_r1 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++:7127 comp.std.c++:872 Martijn Lievaart wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 08:15:56 -0500, Robert W Hand wrote: > > [ crossposted to comp.std.c++, the only place I think this question can be > answered ] > >> boost seems to be special because much of it may end up in a future >> C++ standard. Does anyone know if the future standard will include >> none, some, most, or all of boost? Still undecided? If at least some >> will end up in a future standard, then it is reasonable to make boost >> on-topic now. > > [ Note to comp.std.c++, the remark on on-topicness is about acllc-c++ ] > > On second thought, boost is to large to be on topic in acllc-c++, but as > 2005 draws near it is very important to look ahead and see what of boost > will be incorporated. If this is in any way clear, I propose to consider > discussions about those topics on topic for this group. The Library Technical Report (TR1) should be released in the not-too- distant future and will probably be incorporated into the next version of the standard. According to the standards committee web site, the following proposals have been accepted for TR1. I have noted in brackets the libraries that they are based on. N1402, Polymorphic Function Object Wrapper. [Boost function] N1403, Tuple Types [Boost tuple] N1422, Mathematical Special Functions. [C99] N1424, Type Traits. [Boost type_traits] N1429, Regular Expressions. [Boost regex] N1432, Enhanced Member Pointer Adaptor. [Boost mem_fn] N1450, General Purpose Smart Pointers. [Boost smart_ptr] N1452, Extensible Random Number Facility. [various] N1453, Reference Wrapper. [Boost ref] N1454, Uniform Method for Computing Function Object Return Types. [part of Boost bind and Boost lambda] N1455, Enhanced Binder. [Boost bind] N1456, Hash Tables. [various] I do not know whether any more libraries are expected to be incorporated into the next standard. --- [ 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 ]