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Re: Where are std::sinf( float ) etc.


Paolo Carlini <pcarlini@suse.de> writes:

| Howard Hinnant wrote:
| 
| > Is there a clear policy for libstdc++ (gcc) for what parts of TR1 get 
| > adopted today as if they were already part of the standard?  Or is it 
| > handled on a case-by-case basis using engineering judgement?
| 
| A side, "historical", for lack of a better adjective, remark: having
| followed with great attention most of the v3 work during the last years,
| I find "weird" your characterization of those issues as "implementing
| TR1 or not". I mean, most of those library bits and design choices
| **pre** dates TR1, as far as I know.

Exactly.  That is why I would recommand not judging old facts based on
new legistlation.

| That said, of course I agree that now we have to figure out whether
| implementing or not those parts, consistently. Actually, a couple of
| weeks ago I started closely studying Chapter 8, then got distracted:
| thanks for taking the occasion to discuss those topics a bit!

I would suggest we hold TR1 stuff in <tr1/> as we're currently doing.
I expect most of TR1 to got in C++0x; I'm not sure all of TR1 will be
dumped though.  I have reservations (already communicated to my
national body) about some parts of it.

-- Gaby


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