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Subject: Re: Conforming compilers should compile STL?
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From: mslamm@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il (Zvi Lamm)
Date: 17 Mar 96 19:23:36 GMT
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Fergus Henderson (fjh@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU) wrote:

: What makes you think that the compiler is supposed to conform to the
: proposed standard?

Of course it doesn't conform to the standard -as it is still a draft. But
it is rather obvious that being conforming is a goal.

: The fact is that there are NO existing compilers which fully
conform.
: I think currently there may be no existing compilers which are
: capable of compiling any version of STL which fully conforms to
: the draft standard.  So compiler vendors ship with slightly
: cut-down implementations of STL, such as the HP version, which do
: not quite conform to the draft standard, but which are easier to compile.

You might have noticed that I asked IBM about exactly this HP source... :-)

: Such versions avoid the use of more recently-introduced features such
: as template template arguments, default template arguments, and so
: forth.

Does there exist a comprehensive list of these "recent" changes needed
for compiling THE STL, or should I try to figure them out myself?

--
Ehud Lamm     mslamm@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il
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