On 26/10/2007, skaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 22:56 +0100, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > > The plan is to also move auto_ptr and the old bind1st/bind2nd function > > binders to backward, if/when they are deprecated in C++0x, which would > > give them the same status as <strstream> (deprecated in C++98) > > This would not be correct. When you deprecate C++2000 features, > you should retain them in such a way that a compiler switch > such as --std=C++2000 will ensure they're visible in the usual way.
So this doesn't go unchallenged and give people reading the archives the wrong idea: that's exactly what Benjamin proposed. The link I posted that you quoted in your reply said those features will only be deprecated in C++0x mode. So in C++98 mode auto_ptr etc. will stay exactly where they should be. > The compiler is expected to conform to the specified standard > and the standard libraries are an intrinsic part of the > standard, and IMHO it would be good practice to allow > 'strict' conformance to an older standard, whilst still > rejecting 'never standardised' features. Yes, that's the plan. Noone has suggested dropping support for C++98/C++03 nor deprecating anything from those standards except in C++0x mode. > Might not auto_ptr etc go into a distinct c++2000 directory? I don't think the libstdc++ maintainers have decided exactly how the include directories will be structured when C++0x is finished and fully-supported. Bear in mind there is no <auto_ptr> header, so it's not as simple as just moving individual headers. But this is a topic for another thread. Jon
