Ion Gaztañaga <igaztanaga@gmail.com> writes:
I'm also concerned with (in my opinion) needed compatibility with Embedded C++. C++ will grow a lot in this area and obviously, threads are very used. Embedded C++ specification (http://www.caravan.net/ec2plus/) avoids templates and exceptions,
They were wrong to do so, most especially for templates, which are hugely useful in embedded programming.
so we need to think some alternatives (apart from exceptions, just like iostreams do) to do error checking. And provide some low-resource specializations or alternatives to the full-scale C++ threading.
In my opinion, that would be a huge mistake. EC++ was created as a "language subset" without the consent or cooperation of the C++ committee. Crippling C++ library interfaces simply in order to maintain compatibility with it is the wrong thing to do, again IMO. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com