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- From: clamage@Eng.sun.com (Steve Clamage)
- Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
- Subject: Re: Give operator. a chance
- Date: 30 Jan 1996 16:31:00 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Approved: clamage@eng.sun.com (comp.std.c++)
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- In article AI0@falcon.daytonoh.attgis.com, Dick Menninger <Dick.Menninger@daytonoh.attgis.com> writes:
- >> ==========Fergus Henderson, 1/26/96==========
- >
- >Does the draft explicitly exclude what it does not require?
- >In this case, that means does the draft preclude compilers
- >from allowing this, possibly as an option? Or can compilers
- >provide more extensive capabilities, possibly with enabling
- >flags, than the draft specifies?
-
- The draft says that operator dot cannot be overloaded, meaning that
- a conforming compiler must diagnose a violation.
-
- Of course, compilers can and do operate in non-conforming modes, where
- they provide extensions appropriate for the platform, or extensions
- for any other reason.
-
- For a compiler to be certified, it probably needs to have a mode
- (set perhaps by command-line flags or dialog box options) where it
- follows the standard closely. Otherwise, test suites will report that
- the compiler accepts invalid code.
-
- ---
- Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@eng.sun.com
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