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From: benson@odi.com (Benson I. Margulies)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Templates...?
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.185453.5302@odi.com>
Date: 15 Feb 91 18:54:53 GMT
References: <10815@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <603@taumet.com>
Reply-To: benson@odi.com (Benson I. Margulies)
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Organization: Object Design Inc., Burlington, MA
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In article <603@taumet.com> steve@taumet.com (Stephen Clamage) writes:
>dfoster@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Derek R. Foster) writes:
>
>>While reading this newsgroup recently, I have run across several
>>references to "templates", which I am presuming (perhaps incorrectly)
>>are the long-awaited addition of generic types to C++.
>
>That's what they are.
>
>>I have only heard passing references to templates, however. Have they
>>been "officially" added to C++?
>
>Not yet.  There are some experimental partial implementations.

They've been approved by the ANSI committe, and announced as part
of cfront 3.0. They're available today in the C++ included with ObjectStore.
-- 
Benson I. Margulies