In article <BRAMWELL.95Feb18155118@hp.cuug.ab.ca>,
Bob Bramwell 283-7367 <bramwell@hp.cuug.ab.ca> wrote:
>Gentlebeings,
>
>Where might I find (online or otherwise) an overview of "new" C++ features?
>I have in mind things like "mutable", "run-time typing", etc..  I am *not*
>asking where to find the draft ANSI standard.  What I would like to see is
>a more-or-less informal discussion of the accepted-but-not-yet-implemented
>(-and-certainly-not-in-Stroustrup-2nd-edition) things that are coming down
>the pike.
>

One source I know of is ftp.world.com:/AW/stroustrup2e, a directory
containing PostScript versions of the appendix to Stroustrup-2nd-edition
which describes the new standard stuff.

-Mark.

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Gentlebeings,

Where might I find (online or otherwise) an overview of "new" C++ features?
I have in mind things like "mutable", "run-time typing", etc..  I am *not*
asking where to find the draft ANSI standard.  What I would like to see is
a more-or-less informal discussion of the accepted-but-not-yet-implemented
(-and-certainly-not-in-Stroustrup-2nd-edition) things that are coming down
the pike.

Marshall Cline's FAQ alludes to many of these features, but assumes that I
know more than I do when I'm reading the answers; for example, the first
informative reference to dynamic_cast (in Q85) says:

  You can make the pointer cast "safe" by using "dynamic_cast" (see earlier)...

and the only earlier reference is:

  UPDATED 8/94:
   * Made it up-to-date with respect to "typeid" and "dynamic_cast".

which doesn't get me any further forward, so to speak.

All pointers to useful information gratefully received.  Please e-mail
replies:  my news provider site expires this stuff *very* quickly.

bramwell@hp.cuug.ab.ca (Bob Bramwell 283-7367) writes:

>Gentlebeings,

>Where might I find (online or otherwise) an overview of "new" C++ features?
>I have in mind things like "mutable", "run-time typing", etc..  I am *not*
>asking where to find the draft ANSI standard.  What I would like to see is
>a more-or-less informal discussion of the accepted-but-not-yet-implemented
>(-and-certainly-not-in-Stroustrup-2nd-edition) things that are coming down
>the pike.

Most of these are discussed in Stroustrup's "Design and Evolution of C++",
although details in the final standard may differ slightly.
--
Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@eng.sun.com

bramwell@hp.cuug.ab.ca (Bob Bramwell 283-7367) writes:

>Where might I find (online or otherwise) an overview of "new" C++ features?

<ftp://ftp.std.com/AW/stroustrup2e/new_iso.ps or iso.ps>

Christoph.

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