Re: STL support for 64 bit applications

"Stephen Howe" <sjhoweATdialDOTpipexDOTcom> wrote in message
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SGI was the last maintainer of the STL, before large parts of it were
incorporated into the C++ standardlibrary. Referring to STL when you mean
the C++ stdlib is technically not correct...

It is technically correct. Observe the name of this newsgroup. Do I not
see "STL" ?
The fact that large parts of it have been incorporated into C++ standard
library is neither here nor there.

What if the OP wanted to talk about the complexity requirements of
single-linked lists : <slist>?
That is not in the C++ standard library.

Or ropes?
That is not in the C++ standard library.

Or hash container classes?
That is not in the C++ standard library (yes I know it will be in tr1)

Or algorithms like copy_if() ? is_sorted() ? is_heap() ?
They are not in the C++ standard library.

This newsgroup covers portions of the STL subsumed into the standard
library
But it also covers parts of the STL that were not, including founding STL
concepts like iterators, iterator traits, algorithms, containers,
complexity requirements. That may include new containers, new algorithms,
new iterators.

I think the issue is that people have *broadened* the term STL to include
the entire Standard C++ library. It's an easy enough mistake to make, and
colloquially accurate enough for most purposes. Moreover, it has the added
advantage that it gives purists yet another thing to quibble about...

P.J. Plauger
Dinkumware, Ltd.
http://www.dinkumware.com


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