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mslamm@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il (Zvi Lamm) writes:
>What version of the STL source is going to be in the standard?

No version.  The (draft) standard specifies the STL interface; it's up to your
compiler or library vendor to provide source.

>I ask this since when I asked IBM whether C++/370 will compile the HP STL
>source, I was told to go ahead and check it out myself.

The HP STL source is not the standard.  It's only an implementation, and
it doesn't include all features specified in the standard since current
compilers can't use those features.  Think of it as a sample implementation.

>Now since the compiler is supposed to conform to the proposed standard, I
>thought it MUST compile the STL.

IBM's compiler does not correspond to the draft standard; neither does
anyone else's.
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