From 7424774322672680396 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,109af18a94b8a35c X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: f78e5,e5cae9ffbf1dd57e X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-10-04 10:06:36 PST Xref: sparky comp.lang.c++:14506 comp.std.c++:1298 Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!att!allegra!alice!ark From: ark@alice.att.com (Andrew Koenig) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: The concept of templates considered ill designed Message-ID: <23796@alice.att.com> Date: 4 Oct 92 21:34:56 GMT Article-I.D.: alice.23796 References: <1992Oct1.140643.9775@cadsun.corp.mot.com> <1992Oct2.153826.12051@ucc.su.OZ.AU> Reply-To: ark@alice.UUCP () Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ Lines: 12 In article pfbertra@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca (Philippe F. Bertrand) writes: > Also for code hiding, compilers should generate intermediate files for > templated code so that user's of a template class do not need to have access > to the source. This is primarily an implementation issue, not alnaugae issue. If enough people want compilers that behave that way, someone will create one. -- --Andrew Koenig ark@europa.att.com