Re: [boost] Report from Mont Tremblant C++ Committee meeting

From: Paul A Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-10 12:32:00

I'm most disppointed to see that a more complete set of math functions has
apparently been rejected for TR2.  Like the interval library, this is
something apparently obscure which could have widespread application - which
is not going to have happen unless there the library exists.  Chicken and
egg problem ;-)

This is still being worked on and I am still hopeful that we can produce an
acceptable quality (if not the best) implementation for Boost based on the
Cephes library.

Paul

Paul A Bristow
Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria UK LA8 8AB
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| -----Original Message-----
| From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
| [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Beman Dawes
| Sent: 10 October 2005 02:33
| To: boost_at_[hidden]
| Cc: boost-users_at_[hidden]
| Subject: [boost] Report from Mont Tremblant C++ Committee meeting
| 
| The C++ Standards Committee met this past week in Mont 
| Tremblant, Quebec, 
| Canada. Many Boosters were present, and Boost continues to 
| get praise and 
| encouragement from non-Boost committee members.
| 
| The Library Working Group (LWG) is starting serious work on 
| TR2. Initial 
| proposals for several Boost libraries were evaluated:
| 
| Filesystem  : Interested? Yes 17, No 0
| Date-Time   : Interested? Yes 9, No 0
| Range       : Want a C++03 version aimed at TR2, but still 
| interested in a 
| version based on new language features (Concepts perhaps?).
| String-algo : Interested, but concern over interface and choice of 
| functions, generic vs basic_string.5.3 separate proposal
| numeric_cast<> : Interested? Yes 10, No 0
| Interval    : Interested? Yes 7, No 4. Concerns about 
| sufficiently large 
| user base to justify standardizing.
| Optional    : Interested? Strong yes 9, weak yes 2, weak no 
| 3, strong no 0
|   Significant concerns about the interface:
|     Pointer interface.
|     Two ways of doing the same thing.
|     Depends on nullptr - is there a backup plan.
|     Dubious of use of references.
| "Boost style" Threads : Pursue? Strong yes 9, weak yes 5, 
| weak no 0, strong 
| no 1
| 
| Also:
| 
| minmax and / or algorithm std::minmax_element
| In favor 13, Not in favor 0
|   TR2 0 2 1 0
|   C++0X 1 8 0 0
| Kevlin Henney Threads : Ask for fleshed-out proposal? Strong 
| yes 3, weak yes 
| 6, weak no 2, strong no 1
| 
| The next C++ Committee meeting will be in Berlin, Germany, 
| the first week of 
| April 2006. The meeting after that will be in Portland, 
| Oregon, US, in 
| October 2006.
| 
| --Beman 
| 
| 
| 
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