From -4538888842855464303 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 114592,1b9fa508fe1b725 X-Google-Attributes: gid114592,public X-Google-Thread: f78e5,299b13f3264fa537 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-01-19 08:07:33 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: schnitker@sigma-c.com (Uwe Schnitker) Newsgroups: alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++,comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: using boost::any Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:07:32 +0000 (UTC) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 51 Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++) Message-ID: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1074528452 10386 10.0.0.1 (19 Jan 2004 16:07:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:07:32 +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 1Aibw3-0002hN-00 for mail2news@news.news.demon.net; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:07:31 +0000 X-Received: from mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU with ESMTP id i0JG7PmC023830; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 03:07:27 +1100 (EST) X-Received: (from fjh@localhost) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9/Submit) id i0JG7NvX023817; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 03:07:23 +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-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 07:20:33 +0000 (UTC) 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++:7231 comp.std.c++:888 jcoffin@taeus.com (Jerry Coffin) wrote in message news:... > In article , > technews@kangaroologic.com says... > > [ ... ] > > > Is it naive to hope that we might yet get standard and > > headers in C++0x? > > I'd guess the chances are slim and none: slim for and none for > . Interestingly, both were included in the early "things we might want to include into the standard library" bullet list used by BS to start the C++0x process. Threads were mentioned as something "we shouldn't make a built-in feature of the language, but make it a(n optional?) part of the standard library, maybe with some bit of language support". I have not yet seen any indication for a change of mind. Clearly, neither will be included in the TR1, but after the TR1 is done the standard committee might want to consider including other new library parts as well as polishing the TR1 ones (plus correcting/augmenting some of the C++98 ones). IMHO this depends strongly on whether there will be good candidate solutions available then. If the boost.thread matures quick enough, or if some other approach fits good enough, the chances may improve. (Perhaps it also depends on some way to define optional things, because some systems will not be able to support what would be required by a really useful standard library part. But, hey, we have IOStreams even if some systems can't support them - because they have no console or file IO whatsoever.) > > -- > Later, > Jerry. > > The universe is a figment of its own imagination. > Have fun, Uwe ] --- [ 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 ]