Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!taumet!steve From: steve@taumet.com (Stephen Clamage) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Turbo-C++ catch, template, .* , ->* Message-ID: <426@taumet.com> Date: 29 Aug 90 15:14:47 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: Taumetric Corporation, San Diego Lines: 25 ahuttune@niksula.hut.fi (Ari Juhani Huttunen) writes: >I found something strange in TC++ documentation recently. The keywords >... mentioned in the header of this article are mentioned >in "Turbo C++ Programmer's Guide", but NOWHERE is there any explanation >for them.. At least I couldn't find any. >So, what are ... keywords > catch > template A proposed extension to C++ involves Templates (parameterized types) which will be in a future definition of the language. "template" will probably be the keyword introducing this feature. Exception handling is another proposed extension, for which "catch" will probably be a keyword. It now appears that "throw" will also be keyword. At the moment, none of these words is part of the language, but for future compatibility it would be a good idea to avoid their use as identifiers. -- Steve Clamage, TauMetric Corp, steve@taumet.com