[Bug c++/20599] variadic template support

[doug dot gregor at gmail dot com]

------- Comment #4 from doug dot gregor at gmail dot com  2006-09-12 18:27 -------
It's a chicken-and-egg problem. Nobody on the committee wants to standardize
anything that isn't "existing practice," but we only want to accept patches for
features that have been written into the current working draft. How will C++0x
ever move forward?

GCC is uniquely situated to lead the way to C++0x. Our support for C++03 is
excellent, and the code is open and (relatively) accessible to experimenters.
There are patches "out there" for rvalue references, decltype, variadic
templates, and concepts, among other things. If the patch is ready, and we
think the feature is worth pursuing, we should accept the patch. Our acceptance
allows greater experimentation with and understanding of new ideas within the
C++ community and how they interact, and will improve the C++0x language as a
whole. Of course, it also means that GCC will have one of the most mature
implementations of the upcoming C++0x features once C++0x is finally written in
stone.


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20599