Topic: Boost:interval becoming standard?


Author: first.i.last@comcast.net (Lee Winter)
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 05:05:33 +0000 (UTC)
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I'm vaguely aware that many portions of the Boost library are candidates
for the '0x C++ standard.  Is the Boost interval arithmetic library in
that pipeline?  It is my hope that it is not because making such an
incomplete library a standard begs for headaches shortly thereafter.

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Author: do-not-spam-benh@bwsint.com (Ben Hutchings)
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 14:27:33 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <3F386E10.10102@comcast.net>, Lee Winter wrote:
> I'm vaguely aware that many portions of the Boost library are candidates
> for the '0x C++ standard.  Is the Boost interval arithmetic library in
> that pipeline?  It is my hope that it is not because making such an
> incomplete library a standard begs for headaches shortly thereafter.

I think you are confusing the Library Technical Report (TR), which is to
be published shortly, with the next version of the standard, which is
still a long way off.

<http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/library_technical_report.html>
lists the accepted proposals for the TR, which do not include an
interval arithmetic library.

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Author: first.i.last@comcast.net (Lee Winter)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 16:32:07 +0000 (UTC)
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Ben Hutchings wrote:
> In article <3F386E10.10102@comcast.net>, Lee Winter wrote:
>
>>I'm vaguely aware that many portions of the Boost library are candidates
>>for the '0x C++ standard.  Is the Boost interval arithmetic library in
>>that pipeline?  It is my hope that it is not because making such an
>>incomplete library a standard begs for headaches shortly thereafter.
>
>
> I think you are confusing the Library Technical Report (TR), which is to
> be published shortly, with the next version of the standard, which is
> still a long way off.

It looks like you are correct.

>
> <http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/library_technical_report.html>
> lists the accepted proposals for the TR, which do not include an
> interval arithmetic library.

Thank you.

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