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- From: clamage@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Clamage)
- Message-ID: <4e0nc3$4dp@engnews1.Eng.Sun.COM>
- X-Original-Date: 22 Jan 1996 19:08:51 GMT
- Path: in1.uu.net!bounce-back
- Date: 22 Jan 96 22:17:19 GMT
- Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au
- Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
- Subject: Re: Give operator. a chance
- Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc.
- References: <3102AD11.1663@et.se>
- Reply-To: clamage@Eng.Sun.COM
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- In article 1663@et.se, Dan Holmsand <dan@et.se> writes:
-
- >Is operator.() banned from the standards discussion?
-
- No, it is not banned, but it has already had more chances and more
- discussion than any other proposal for language extension, bar none.
- (One argument goes that it isn't an extension since it merely removes
- a restriction, but let's not quibble.)
-
- Operator.() was the subject of heated debate in this forum for about three
- years. It was the subject of extensive debate and several proposals in the C++
- Committee over a period of about three years. After a proposal was voted down
- by an overwhelming majority of the committee, the major proponent
- of operator.() persuaded people that it had not received fair treatement.
- Yet another proposal was submitted, debated, and voted down by an
- overwhelming majority. (No other firmly rejected proposal has been accorded
- so many chances.)
-
- It's hard for me to imagine that anyone could come up with new arguments
- in favor of operator.() that also answer the objections to it. If you think
- you can do so, go ahead, but do yourself and everyone else a favor and
- acquaint yourself with the discussion that has already occurred. Note
- especially the arguments in the ARM and D&E against "operator dot".
- ---
- Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@eng.sun.com
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