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Re: New STL implementation from SGI
- To: jbuck at synopsys dot com (Joe Buck)
- Subject: Re: New STL implementation from SGI
- From: hjl at lucon dot org (H.J. Lu)
- Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 18:10:20 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: law at cygnus dot com, peter dot simons at gmd dot de, egcs at cygnus dot com
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> > > I think upgrading the STL code would be wise for egcs-1.2.
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> > What is the time table for 1.2?
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> Possibly we should attempt a smaller cycle for 1.2. But I'd like for
> 1.2 to be the release which finally has the new libstdc++.
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> > FYI, I know some C++ codes use auto_ptr.
> > I have to fix it in egcs 1.0.3.
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> And I know some codes that use namespaces. I would like to get the
> new STL out too, but you have to decide if 1.1 is to be a stable
> release or not.
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> Now, for classes that previously did not exist (like auto_ptr) it would
> be risk-free to add them from the new STL -- it cannot break any old
> code. If you only want auto_ptr, then we could do that.
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Yes.
H.J.