generalized lvalues

[Mike Stump]

On Nov 17, 2004, at 9:28 PM, Joe Buck wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 08:21:21PM -0800, Matt Austern wrote:
>
>> Yep, and I'm still not arguing against removing it.  I'm just asking
>> for help in collecting a list of the reasons why we chose to get rid 
>> of
>> it.  I don't think this discussion will go away, and having that list
>> will be helpful.  I think a number of us will be asked: (a) why did
>> this extension disappear; and (b) how should I change my code to cope
>> with the disappearance.  I'd like to be prepared with answers to those
>> questions.
>>
>
> I doubt if you will get the flood of questions you anticipate, because
> few people even knew that the extension was there.  It is possible that
> someone has a production program that is not valid C++ that will now
> break, but if this happens we just tell them how to fix the program.

Just a random data point, 58 out of 1252 (4.6%) projects failed to 
build because of it.