Re: Libpropc++

[Roel Vanhout <roel riks nl>]

Ramashish Baranwal wrote:
>  > Yes, what I was asking was whether it was likely that template class 
> authors
>  > would be able to separate declarations from definitions effectively 
> any time
>  > soon. I mean 'effective' in the context of the previous discusion, 
> for an

> The standard does make a provision for this through its export
> keyword. However as far as I know, no current compiler implments this.

No it doesn't, export will not allow a user to not ship full code for a 
templated function/class. (And the Comeau compiler supports export). See
http://www.gotw.ca/publications/mill23.htm and 
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2003/n1426.pdf for 
example.


cheers,

roel