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Re: Standard header format.
- From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
- To: "Steven T. Hatton" <hattons at globalsymmetry dot com>
- Cc: libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 05 Jun 2004 19:47:37 +0200
- Subject: Re: Standard header format.
- Organization: Integrable Solutions
- References: <200406051055.57160.hattons@globalsymmetry.com>
"Steven T. Hatton" <hattons@globalsymmetry.com> writes:
[...]
| In TC++PL(SE) Stroustrup suggests I look at the standard headers for my C++
| implementation to see the interface for the components of the Standard
| Library.
Can you present full quote and context?
[...]
| Is there an easy way to extract the interface declarations for the Standard
| Library from the GCC include hierarchy? If not, I propose that either that
| mechanism be created, or some means of providing a direct representation of
| the standard headers be part of the GCC distribution.
I do not see what problems that would solve. Clearly, the C++
standard does not dictate that the standard headers correspond to
actual files; and even if they do, the C++ standard does not dictate
that they contain anything that is standard C++. At some point, I
would like to see more collaraboration between the compiler and the
library, and clearly that means more magic things going on.
-- Gaby