From 1452204313780217317 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,fbd36da46c3cc7a0 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: "James Kuyper Jr." Subject: Re: Discussion: type_info Date: 1999/11/30 Message-ID: <384314C4.487A8C57@wizard.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 555049630 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Approved: Fergus Henderson References: <81ecdl$pq$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <81tdvj$i7i$1@trex.antw.online.be> X-Original-Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 19:05:24 -0500 X-Accept-Language: en,de,es,ru Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: news@news.unimelb.edu.au X-Trace: ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au 944003149 9758 128.250.37.153 (30 Nov 1999 23:05:49 GMT) Organization: Not Enough X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUAOERYWeEDnX0m9pzZAQFsOgF9GC21urJ2cpykXI6Ovhn+OdSisyP46TDX EytPobMkA4dxNS41+YAFxhyx5mj1nnEW =4MW1 Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Nov 1999 23:05:49 GMT Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ TiTi wrote: .... > >When hashing gets added, as I hope it will be in 5 or 10 years time, it will presumably come with a > > bunch of conventions about the name of the hash function, the type of the > > hashed value, etc. Type_info is right to avoid pre-empting those > > decisions. > > Are you out of your mind? 5 to 10 years, for something that should have been > in in the first place? Then I don't think that you use it very often. I used > it in Java, SmallTalk & C++, over the last 5 years, and I could not have > done things so fast without 'em. 5 to 10 years? I can't believe it!! Sorry - but that's the way ISO standardization proceedures are set up. For about 5 years, the only thing that it's appropriate for the committee to worry about is defects in the standard; that period is meant to encourage people to spend the time to learn how to use the current version of C++, rather than trying to fix each and every possible problem with a new language feature. Then another 5 years are allowed to fully work out the details of the changes for the next release of the standard. The last release was in mid-1998; expect the next one sometime around 2008. In the meantime, many existing implementations have hashing containers as extensions. Learn how they work, gain experience with them, and bring that experience into the discussions for the next release of the 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://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]