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

From: AlisdairM (alisdair.meredith_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-10 17:04:56

Also of interest to Boosters...

The C++ processor was brought into agreement with C99, meaning we now
have Variadic macros, among other things, and the preprocessor library
can start complaining about more bugs among the existing platforms!
[although this is only against the working draught - a new standard is
still a few years away]

Also worth noting that Wave already implements most, if not all, the
new features <g>

-- 
AlisdairM
Beman Dawes wrote:
> 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.