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Article #421Re: G++ and Templates??? (doc request)
From: David J Dawkins
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 12:45
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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