3 May
2005
3 May
'05
12:42 a.m.
"Peter Dimov" <pdimov@mmltd.net> wrote in message news:001901c54d99$2d738e50$6401a8c0@pdimov2...
Iain K. Hanson wrote:
I can not see why this has even come up for formal review. If this is auseful feature then surely it should be taken up as a core language feature.
Proposed core language features always stand a better chance when a proof of concept is available. "Look at what monstrocity we had to build in order to get the feature we want" is sometimes a very good argument. :-)
That was one of the most effective argument for adding static_assert to the language, IMO. static_assert was voted into the language by the full committee last month in Lillehammer. --Beman