Brian Boyd <75401.2777@CompuServe.COM> writes:

>MS C++ 4.2 now has support for the standard library.  To my
>amazement, however, vector and list now have a spec of
>template <class T, class A> instead of template <class T>, where A
>represents an allocator. Has the spec changed or is MS playing
>God???

The spec has changed.

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fjh@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) writes:


> Brian Boyd <75401.2777@CompuServe.COM> writes:
>
> >MS C++ 4.2 now has support for the standard library.  To my
> >amazement, however, vector and list now have a spec of
> >template <class T, class A> instead of template <class T>, where A
> >represents an allocator. Has the spec changed or is MS playing
> >God???
>
> The spec has changed.

It's true that the spec has changed, but in fact the standard has
always said that vectors and lists are parameterized by allocators.
You can see this even in the original Stepanov and Lee STL document.

The original STL code didn't have an allocator as a template
parameter, but that was just a workaround for specific compiler
limitations.  (Specifically, it was a workaround for the lack of
default template paramters.)



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MS C++ 4.2 now has support for the standard library.  To my
amazement, however, vector and list now have a spec of
template <class T, class A> instead of template <class T>, where A
represents an allocator. Has the spec changed or is MS playing
God???

Where can I get the most recent changes to the Standard
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