[PATCH INSTALLED]: const typedefs part 19/N

[Dave Korn]

On 28 August 2007 18:05, Daniel Berlin wrote:

> On 8/28/07, Dave Korn <dave.korn@artimi.com> wrote:
>> On 28 August 2007 17:10, Richard Guenther wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Unless, of course, we start to use C++ language features.  Which is of course
>>> the final goal of all this excercise.  But also the second.  The first
>>> goal is to make
>>> it easy to _try_ using C++ language features.
>> 
>>   Yeah, I appreciate that.
>> 
>>   OTOH that's somewhat further off down the road.
>> 
>>   Also, when that time comes, we *do* have to have the discussion about
>> increasing the requirements on ordinary users as opposed to developers.
> 
> Yes, I can see how this would be a problem what with our *millions* of
> users without C++ compilers.

  Sarcasm is cheap, and falsified statistics are easy to pluck out of thin air,
but they're both a bit insubstantial when it comes to establishing a point.

  Is there any limit to the extra requirements we impose on end users beyond
which you /would/ believe we're making it more difficult for them?


    cheers,
      DaveK
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