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Re: G++ and Templates??? (doc request)

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From: David J Dawkins
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 12:45
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stanton@cs.curtin.edu.au (Wayne Stanton) writes:

>I can't seem to find any documentation on templates with
>g++, does it actually support them?  If so can someone
>please point me in the direction of some documentation.

Yes it does (in V2.2.2), though it's still buggy.  Use the 
ARM [1] for reference.

[1] The Annotated C++ Reference Manual, ELLIS & STROUSTRUP,
    Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-201-51459-1

>Also, is there any other documentation on g++ other than 
>that supplied with the compiler?

The only documentation I have found is in the 1.4x release, which
is at least a year old.

>Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here is some email I received from Michael Tiemann, having asked 
the same question (almost):

>  We are in the process of updating the documentation.  I don't think it
>  will be ready in 2.3, but it should be ready in a later release.  At
>  the present time we only have 1 full-time documentation person.  We'd
>  hire more, but most people still want free software without paying
>  anything for it.  If more people would pay Cygnus for support (we now
>  have lots of things to buy at prices most people can afford), we'd be
>  able to do a better job.  I know you're at a university and don't have
>  a lot of money, but when you next talk to your friends at BT or
>  Fulcrum or Eurotherm, or any of the other British companies who are
>  trying to "save money", you might pass this suggestion along.
> 
>  Michael
> 

-dave
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