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Re: std::ext STL (was: Re: design doc on alternative pointer support)
"Paolo Carlini" <paolo.carlini@oracle.com> wrote in message
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> Frankly, I was still hoping we could experiment a bit with "alternative
> pointers" within the current ABI without adding completely new headers...
> Anyway, in case we (you) want to pursue this approach, want to propose a
> prototype along these lines, a specific framework is already available.
> The G++ front-end implements this C++0x feature:
>
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2535.htm
Thanks for the information, I was not aware of this. This will help a lot
promoting classes to a more general namespace on demand.
I just made STL list container work properly with 90% of my test application
(shifted_ptr_test2.cpp) and tuned up the patch files I have sent last week.
They can be found here, for the interested:
http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/shifted_ptr/bits/
Regards,
-Phil