In "The C++ programming language 3rd ed" by Bjarne Strostrup, the keyword
export is defined, in the construction:

template declaration:
 [export] template < template-parameter-list > declaration


MSVC++6.0 does not handle the export keyword, but is the word 'export' a part of the standard ?

Hope that anybody can help me.

   ystein S   reide


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=D8ystein S=F8reide wrote:
>
> In "The C++ programming language 3rd ed" by Bjarne Strostrup, the keyword
> export is defined, in the construction:
>

> template declaration:
>         [export] template < template-parameter-list > declaration
>

> MSVC++6.0 does not handle the export keyword, but is the word 'export'
> a part of the standard ?

The keyword "export" is part of standard C++. I don't know of a compiler
that fully implements the semantics. Some compilers give you most
of the effect of "export" without requiring the use of the keyword.

Some compilers recognize "export" as a keyword without giving it any
special meaning. That is, you would get the same result whether or
not you attach "export" to a template definition, and you would get
an error message if you used "export" where it is not allowed.

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Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@sun.com


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