In article <m3hgnyc5cc.fsf@gabi-soft.fr> kanze@gabi-soft.fr (J. Kanze) writes:

> It's probably worth pointing out that once the "draft" has been accepted
> as a "draft international standard" (scheduled for end of 1997), only
> editorial changes are allowed.  I expect that most of the vendors will
> begin moving to conformance at that point, at the latest.

It is also worth saying that the time at which a prospective standard begins
to carry official weight is when the "draft international standard"
is issued, not when the final standard is issued.
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jsa@alexandria.organon.com (Jon S Anthony) writes:

> In article <53ivb0$pur@netlab.cs.rpi.edu> vandevod@cs.rpi.edu (David Vandevoorde) writes:
>
> > >>>>> "JN" == John Nagle <nagle@netcom.com> writes:
> > JN> tgakem@sg14.chem.tue.nl (Eric Meijer) writes:
> > [...]
> > >> Any idea when we'll see an ISO C++ standard without the "draft"
> > >> part?
> >
> > JN>      Supposedly in 1997, according to C/C++ Report.  I sure hope
> > JN> so.
> >
> > Hmmm... it seems a little optimistic to me. Even if the public comment
> > period starts on December 1, it will overflow into 1997... then the
> > various comments will need to be handled, the WP will have to become a
> > DIS (draft international standard) and then ratified by ISO. Since
> > there are only 3 committee meetings per year, I think mid 1998 or even
> > late 1998 is a more realistic schedule (if no major hurdles are
> > encountered, that is --- otherwise, we might have a CD3 :-).
>
> In the FAQ list for comp.std.c++ there is a table giving the schedule for
> completing the standard:
>
> http://reality.sgi.com/employees/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html#B8
>
> According to this the ISO standardization will happen 12/98, assuming
> all remaining votes succeed.

It's probably worth pointing out that once the "draft" has been accepted
as a "draft international standard" (scheduled for end of 1997), only
editorial changes are allowed.  I expect that most of the vendors will
begin moving to conformance at that point, at the latest.

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