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Subject: Re: [boost] [config] request for BOOST_NO_FWD_STD_DECLARATION
From: Stewart, Robert (Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-24 11:00:05


Ilya Sokolov wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:20:14 +0500, Stewart, Robert
> <Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> > The implementer may declare std types with template
> > parameters beyond those named in the standard, provided the
> > extras are defaulted so the types work as if they didn't
> > have the extra template parameters.
>
> No. See
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/lwg-closed.html#94

I think the committee was disingenuous to declare the standard clear as written when Pete Becker got it wrong: http://bit.ly/hXpupO.

Still, that issue does prove me wrong. Thanks for the clarification.

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Rob Stewart robert.stewart_at_[hidden]
Software Engineer, Core Software using std::disclaimer;
Susquehanna International Group, LLP http://www.sig.com

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