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Re: Standard header format.
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On Saturday 05 June 2004 20:59, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> It is not a conjecture. It is a fact. What you state as your belief
> simply does not hold. At best, it is an insult targetted at him.
No, I merely assumed that he was making a suggestion he expected would apply
to most implementation at the time he was writing. Rather than clutter the
text with several qualification, he left it stand as an imperfect yet
generally useful suggestion. But read what I wrote about my ability to follow
that suggestion: "That presents a _minor_ problem for me."
I was not suggesting Stroustrup's statement indicated that the implementation
is required by the Standard to provide header files. If I thought that was
the case I would have referenced the relevant sections of the Standard.
Look at 9.3.2 of TC++PL(SE). In particular his use of _impl.h verses the
header file for users. Explain to yourself why that concept fails to apply
to the Standard Library. Note that I did not say the Standard requires the
implementation provide a user interface. I am saying providing one is a good
idea. You tell me I should not "look underneath". If you cover it up with an
interface, I don't have any reason to do so.
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Regards,
Steven
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