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Eugene Lazutkin <eugene@int.com> writes:

>What is a current status of a *Subj* proposal? Is C++ Standard 
>Committee going to accept them or not?  What was a problem?
>How was it solved, if it was? 

A proposal was received for adding hash tables to the STL part
of the standard C++ library. Without addressing its technical
merit, the C++ Committee decided it was not possible to deal with
the proposal and still have any chance of meeting the schedule.

The proposal (or perhaps a modified version) was resubmitted
later. Again without considering the technical merit, the
Committee noted that the time situation had not changed, and
it was still not possible to consider the proposal.

To elaborate on the problem of time, nearly two years after
accepting the original STL proposal, details are still being
tweaked. The hash table proposal is about half the size of
the original STL proposal. Even if we had the resources to
devote to analyzing it, we could not afford to add another
year to the schedule.

For every person who wants just one more vital feature added to
the draft, someone else wants the standard to be declared
finished and published. The Committee has decided not to add
any more features, and to fix the remaining problems with
what we already have.
--
Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@eng.sun.com
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>>>>> "EL" == Eugene Lazutkin <eugene@int.com> writes:
EL> Hello, What is a current status of a *Subj* proposal? Is C++
EL> Standard Committee going to accept them or not?  What was a
EL> problem?  How was it solved, if it was?

An ``STL hash table'' proposal was submitted and rejected twice.
The rejection was apparently due to the proposal being too large for
inclusion at such a late stage of the standardization process; I've
heard no-one argue its technical merits and usefulness.

Hence, no standard C++ hash tables in ISO C++ 9X... however, an
implementation is available in:
	ftp://ftp.cs.rpi.edu/pub/stl
including documentation and rationale. Also, it is suspected variants
of it will be shipped with commercial STL distributions.

	Daveed
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