From 8734928736327400777 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,9a6b7da9ba54eaea X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: f78e5,9a6b7da9ba54eaea X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-06-22 09:42:18 PST Xref: gmd.de comp.lang.c++:24920 comp.std.c++:2845 Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.std.c++ Path: gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!network.ucsd.edu!munnari.oz.au!metro!news From: maxtal@physics.su.OZ.AU (John Max Skaller) Subject: Re: C++ Language Extensions Message-ID: <1993Jun22.162345.18549@ucc.su.OZ.AU> Sender: news@ucc.su.OZ.AU Nntp-Posting-Host: physics.su.oz.au Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia References: <1993Jun15.214156.3591@mole-end.matawan.nj.us> <25807@alice.att.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1993 16:23:45 GMT Lines: 34 In article <25807@alice.att.com> ark@alice.UUCP () writes: >In article rfg@netcom.com (Ronald F. Guilmette) writes: > >>> Section 3.3 of the working document makes explicit mention of the fact >>> that it is not possible to declare a class name static. What is the >>> rationale behind this restriction? > >> Good question. This is just another C (in-)compatability wart in my >> opinion... and an almost totally pointless one. > >This kind of behavior seems to be almost universal among people interested >in the C++ language: one moment they're saying that the language has enough >stuff in it already and the next moment they're proposing a new feature. > >I don't mean to single out Ron here -- he just happened to provide a >convenient example. As far as I can tell, almost EVERYONE does this. Actually, picking Ron is probably particularly unfair, since he's been a consistent advocate of removing features: of course, removing features is defined by the committee as requiring an extension proposal :-) For example, I'd like to have nested functions. Just cant understand why removing a restriction against them has to be considered an extension--- I want to simplify the language not add a feature ;-) -- JOHN (MAX) SKALLER, INTERNET:maxtal@suphys.physics.su.oz.au Maxtal Pty Ltd, CSERVE:10236.1703 6 MacKay St ASHFIELD, Mem: SA IT/9/22,SC22/WG21 NSW 2131, AUSTRALIA