Re: [boost] Open C++ (was py_cpp and ILU).

From: David Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-10-14 19:09:27

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jens Maurer" <Jens.Maurer_at_[hidden]>

> I've run our regression tests through it. OpenC++ translates C++ to
> C++, so it still requires a usual C++ compiler; I tested with gcc.
>
> Features missing:
>
>  - explicit instantiation
>  - T::template f<int>()  (i.e. member template access)
>  - using-declarations (in some situations)
>  - typename in dependent types in formal template value
> parameters
>  - typeid
>  - operators.hpp gets garbled so that gcc is no longer able to
> compile it.
>
> I'm not impressed.
>
> Should this be part of the "official" regression test suite, just
> for fun?

Maybe instead we should send our regression suite to the OpenC++ people so
they can get their act together? That sounds like it would be more useful in
the world.

not-looking-forward-to-lots-of-useless-error-messages-ly y'rs,
dave