From 5066631624230316751 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,d39f22391071c878 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Miniussi Subject: Re: It was in Algol60, but missing in STL Date: 1999/03/15 Message-ID: <36ED3B61.98617990@ilog.fr>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 455301439 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Approved: Fergus Henderson References: <7ciumk$ksk$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Original-Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 17:54:57 +0100 X-Accept-Language: fr-FR, en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: news@news.unimelb.edu.au X-Trace: izvestia.its.unimelb.edu.au 921521722 6135 128.250.29.17 (15 Mar 1999 18:15:22 GMT) Organization: ILOG S.A. X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUANu1OIeEDnX0m9pzZAQEBdQF+Ky1uH77Bhe/YjR1bJZAbDsNWMY9VkD5S zkVmeZibg6vqurKPLS9yL3WbJqWkqpMU =XkD3 Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Mar 1999 18:15:22 GMT Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Alex Vinokur wrote: > > Hi, > > [...] > I don't ask why arrays with various boundaries are missing in C/C++. > But why are they missing in STL? First, they are not in the STL, does not mean they are "missing". > It was in Algol60. So what ? I mean, you can't just require to put something in the STL just because it was in Algol 60 ? Anyway, such a class can be developped as a wrapper, I don't think it meets the requirement of the standard lib (explained in the "C++ PL" 3rd ed, chapter 16). Alain --- [ 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 ]