C++ PATCH: PR 20599 (1/3)

[Richard Guenther]

On 9/25/06, Doug Gregor <dgregor@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
>
> On Sep 25, 2006, at 2:42 PM, Richard Guenther wrote:
> > This practically means the compiler should just provide _one_
> > -std=c++0x-draft (or whatever name) and _not_ provide preprocessor
> > macros for features included in the particular release.  This avoids
> > giving false promises about stability of these language extensions.
>
> Given that we're only considering features that have been written
> into the C++0x Working Draft for this -std=c++0x(-draft?) mode, I
> imagine that the chance of features being removed is rather small. 50
> + members of the committee have said "yes" to a feature at least two
> times, usually with more than a year in between, before it gets into
> the working draft. It would take a significant event for them to
> change their minds.

Yes, so even less reason to worry about multiple flags or preprocessor
macros (if they are not part of the draft).

Richard.