NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/gnu/g/help/1699

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From: [e-mail] (Brendan Kehoe)
Newsgroups: gnu.g++.help
Subject: Re: Is someone working on better template support?
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Date: 23 Jan 93 01:20:24 GMT
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In-reply-to: [e-mail]'s message of Wed, 20 Jan 1993 13:30:32 GMT

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Thomas Wolf) writes:

   I recently asked why my template-based class library won't link when I compile/link
   with g++/gcc but will compile/link fine when I do the same with AT&T's CC.
   If I read the replies correctly, it is a compiler limitation in that
   the compiler doesn't do multiple passes for template instantiation.  People
   suggested all sorts of workarounds - all of which seemed to involve some source
   creation/modification.  Being a lazy programmer (but good s/w engineer :-) I'm
   hoping that someone is already buzily working on fixing this deficiency.  Could
   someone tell me if there is something in the works?  Or at least dash my hopes?

Yes, between April and June we hope to be able to say that template
support has been drastically improved (along with some other things,
like exception handling and proper overloading resolution).

Brendan
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Brendan Kehoe                                               [e-mail]
Cygnus Support, Mountain View, CA                              [phone]