Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com X-Lotus-FromDomain: JPMORGAN AT SMTP From: "Noel L Yap" To: christoph DOT loewe AT gameplay DOT de cc: Cygwin AT Sourceware DOT Cygnus DOT Com Message-ID: <85256952.0046F281.00@nyc-ntgw-n01.ny.jpmorgan.com> Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 08:55:00 -0400 Subject: Re: G++ and ISO C++ conformity? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline christoph DOT loewe AT gameplay DOT de on 2000.09.06 06:01:04 >I have recently downloaded the latest Cygwin archive >to start a project in C++. I have read Bjarne Stroustrup's >"The C++ Programming Language" (Special Ed.) and was surprised >to find several includes and functions missing in the g++ >distribution. > >Header files that could not be found: > e.g. numeric_limits::max(); > e.g. ostringstream ost; > >Furthermore the "range controlled" indexing via at() >would not work. > >Can it be that G++ does not completely support ISO C++? >Or did I forget to install something? >Is an update planned, if indeed some features of ISO C++ >are indeed missing in g++? Books aren't the best sources to get the latest standard. I haven't been following g++ or C++ in a while so I can't comment on how conformant g++ is, but I would look through the web to find the latest standard. The latest one I have is dated 2 December 1996. Noel This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. All market prices, data and other information are not warranted as to completeness or accuracy and are subject to change without notice. Any comments or statements made herein do not necessarily reflect those of J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated, its subsidiaries and affiliates. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com