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| From | Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: Traits in STL |
| Date | 2011-07-17 14:09 +1200 |
| Message-ID | <98euklFi81U4@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 07/17/11 12:13 PM, Narinder wrote: > On Jul 17, 1:08 am, Ian Collins<ian-n...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> On 07/17/11 11:54 AM, Narinder wrote: >>> On Jul 17, 12:46 am, Ian Collins<ian-n...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> Another reason could be a lot of compilers didn't support template >>>> template parameters when the standard was published (as an aside, I >>>> don't think template template parameters are used anywhere in the >>>> current standard library). Not being able to support std:;string would >>>> have been a bit of a problem! >> >>> hmmm ... there something quite disturbing about that. Surely the >>> implementation of the compilers should depend on the standard not the >>> other way round ... >> >> Imagine where we'd be if the standard library required export.... >> Please don't quote signatures. > Mr Comeau would be very wealthy. :) > I could be wrong, but wasn't export introduced after the work on the > STL already along way on ? There's another reason: a large part of the library was existing practice and pre-standard compilers didn't have template template parameters. -- Ian Collins
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Traits in STL Narinder <narinder.claire@gmail.com> - 2011-07-16 16:36 -0700
Re: Traits in STL Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-17 11:46 +1200
Re: Traits in STL Narinder <narinder.claire@gmail.com> - 2011-07-16 16:54 -0700
Re: Traits in STL Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-17 12:08 +1200
Re: Traits in STL Narinder <narinder.claire@gmail.com> - 2011-07-16 17:13 -0700
Re: Traits in STL Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-17 14:09 +1200
Re: Traits in STL Qi <no@no.com> - 2011-07-17 09:47 +0800
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