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ISO C++ Standards Committee (JTC1 SC22/WG21)

 

The ISO/IEC C++ Standards Committee met in Frankfurt Germany, Jun 13 - 18, 2009. The bulk of the meeting was spent on Ballot Resolution for the first Committee Draft (CD) of the revision of the C++ Standard, aka C++0X. In a major decision, the Committee removed Concepts from the CD. Concepts was to be a significant addition to the Standard, as a major step in making templates more usable by greatly simplifying the error messages generated. There have been a number of opinions expressed on this issue, but perhaps the most comprehensive is Bjarne Stroustrup's write-up in Dr Dobb's: http://www.ddj.com/cpp/218600111.

 

As a result of the decision to remove Concepts, the Project Editor is going through the process of decoupling Concepts from the CD in preparation for the upcoming meeting in Santa Cruz, Oct 19-24, 2009. The Committee will need decide in Santa Cruz when to release a second CD for ballot.

 

ISO C Standards Committee (JTC1 SC22/WG14)

 

The ISO/IEC C Standards Committee met in Markham, Ontario, Mar 30 - April 3, 2009. The Committee is in the process of revising the C Standard, and spent most of this meeting reviewing proposals for new features. The revision working paper is referred to as C1X. The criteria for adding new features to the C Standard has been established with an emphasis on existing practice and existing implementations.

 

The next meeting of the C Standards Committee will be held in Santa Cruz, CA, Oct 26 - 30, 2009.

 


 

 

 


 
 

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