From -6957075575752220375 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,ab08a3e89d74b8d7 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-17 09:40:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Garry Lancaster" Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Core Language Active Issue #329 Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 16:39:42 GMT Organization: ntlworld News Service Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: <9u4F8.7947$Iv.1281492@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> References: <3CD19D55.1050804@mail.com> <3CD6A00D.2080502@mail.com> <3CD99A77.2040301@mail.com> <3CE005FD.6070400@mail.com> <3CE2C734.4030703@mail.com> <3CE4174C.5090209@mail.com> X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1021653587 mail2news:8274 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!mulga.cs.mu.oz.au X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 10:57:25 BST Lines: 33 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:11333 Garry Lancaster wrote: > > On the contrary, since the current standard-mandated > > behaviour is scarce in reality, this gives a lot more > > freedom to change the standard without affecting > > real existing code. Hyman Rosen: > But compiler implementations change much more quickly than > compiler standards. And in this respect, according to the defect report, they are changing *away* from the standard behaviour. > Furthermore, libraries are now being > written that depend upon the most subtle nuances of the C++ > standard in order to do template metaprogramming. Of course, if there were even one serious library that relied on this behaviour, that would argue against a change. I don't know of any myself. Kind regards Garry Lancaster Codemill Ltd Visit our web site at http://www.codemill.net --- [ 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 ]