[boost] Re: Re: Proposal for a <stdfwd> header

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-14 19:23:50

"Jeff Garland" <jeff_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:20040314032429.M15368_at_crystalclearsoftware.com...
> On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 10:57:06 -0700, Jonathan Turkanis wrote

> > I think comp.std.c++ is where you should post this.
> >
> > I'd also like to have a facility for forward declaring names in
std;
> > it should definitely be more fine-grained than <stdfwd>, though.
Why
> > not have <xxxfwd> headers for standard headers <xxx> not currently
> > covered by <iosfwd>?
>
> You might be interested in this email thread where this topic was
previously
> discussed.
>
> http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost/msg14932.php
>
> Turns out you are right to go to comp.std.c++ because the current
standard
> basically precludes this.

Yeah, that's why I suggested comp.std.c++.

> Of course, I'll be happy to post my attempt at this
> if you want to use it.

If only it could be justified somehow as a 'broken compiler
workaround' ;-)

Jonathan