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From: horstman@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Cay Horstmann)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: TC++ 1.01 is NOT TCPPT1 (was Re: Avoiding Borland's $15 Maintenance Upgrade Fee)
Message-ID: <1990Nov3.161453.17376@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu>
Date: 3 Nov 90 16:14:53 GMT
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Reply-To: horstman@sjsumcs.SJSU.EDU (Cay Horstmann)
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In article <15628@reed.UUCP> minar@reed.bitnet (Nelson Minar) writes:
>
>>Clarifications!  We need clarifications!  B-)
>
>The clarification I am interested in is what exactly TC++ 1.01 fixes.
>I know one compiler bug it takes care of - a problem in conditionally
>returning constructed objects in inline functions.  I do not know what
>other bugs it fixes, or whether there is a parallel upgrade for the
>debugger, profiler, etc.  I do want to know the answers to this, but
>the best I can do is wait for the release to get to me.

I think that Borland has two ethical choices in this matter:
(1) Give 1.01 at no charge to any 1.00 user who asks for it
(2) Charge the $15 and supply a list of all bugs and changes

They may well do the latter--I don't know. The beta I got had no such list.

Cay