Does anyone know if they're going to add date & time services in STL?

Are they planning to add hash table templates also?

Thank you.
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Alain Lauzon wrote:

> Does anyone know if they're going to add date & time services in STL?

Have you looked at the date and time functionality from the locales
portion (clause 22) of the Standard Library?

> Are they planning to add hash table templates also?

The C++ Standard (ISO/IEC 14882) was completed in November except for
some formalities, so there will be no further additions or other
changes.  Stability is now the watchword.

As part of the normal ISO process, the Standard may be revised after
five years.  Thus it will be five years at the minimum before library
components like hash tables could be added.

Before the 5-year revision, it is possible under ISO rules (assuming I
understand them correctly) for the committee to issue a non-normative
"Technical Report" pointing out possible directions for the next
revision.  But it will be several years at the minimum before the
committee even considers anything like that.

In the meantime, you might want to take a look at other sources for C++
libraries.  For example, http://www.sgi.com/Technology/STL/ includes
hash table templates.

--Beman Dawes
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Alain Lauzon writes:

> Does anyone know if they're going to add date & time services in STL?

No.

> Are they planning to add hash table templates also?

No.

The answer to the question, "Is XXX going to be added to C++?" is "No."

The standard is complete.  Done.  Finished.

Any new classes, functions, functionality, etc. will have to wait
until 2008 (or so).

--
Colin
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In article <01bd5904$e49456f0$1a01010a@pcdp12>, allauzon@total.net
says...
> Does anyone know if they're going to add date & time services in STL?

I don't think anybody's really planning on adding _anything_ to the
C++ standard right now -- it's been submitted to the full ISO to be
voted on as a final standard.  Assuming it passes, it'll be a minimum
of roughly 5 years before it'll be open to such additions.  (Before
the 5 year period is up, the committee can issue clarifications, and
correct things like typographical errors, but that's about it.)

> Are they planning to add hash table templates also?

Much the same applies.  Quite a few vendors have added unordered maps
based on hashing, but short of something really odd happening, I
wouldn't expect to see them truly standardized for some time.

--
    Later,
    Jerry.

The Universe is a figment of its own imagination.
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Colin Rafferty wrote:
>
>
> Any new classes, functions, functionality, etc. will have to wait
> until 2008 (or so).
>

Well, 2003 (or so).
 -- Pete
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