In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Pluzhnikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >James Kanze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Export works, when implemented correctly. ... >> and it provides significantly better decoupling. It's part of >> the standard, and given that the standard has been around for 7 >> years now, there's really no excuse for any vendor not to have >> implemented it. > >The only people who actually implemented 'export' templates >(in the EDG frontend) disagree with you, and in fact argue for >*removal* of that feature from the standard: > >http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2003/n1426.pdf
You're wrong, that document does not say they disagree with James. Furthermore, they argued in its favor when n1426 was discussed in the committee. On a related note, here's some other thoughts on n1426: http://www.comeaucomputing.com/iso/promises.html -- Greg Comeau / Comeau for the Mac? Stay tuned. Comeau C/C++ ONLINE ==> http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout World Class Compilers: Breathtaking C++, Amazing C99, Fabulous C90. Comeau C/C++ with Dinkumware's Libraries... Have you tried it? _______________________________________________ Help-gplusplus mailing list Help-gplusplus@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gplusplus
