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"Most C++ compilers (G++ included) do not yet implement export". For me, non compliance with such an old spec is a bug.

• Sharlin 12y ago
  It's more like export was a bug in C++98. It was removed without a deprecation period in C++11.
  • webreac 12y ago
    I didn't know. My last professional development in C++ was in 2002. At that time http://www.comeaucomputing.com/ http://www.comeaucomputing.com/ was my reference.
    • GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago
      Turns out a lot has changed in the c++ world in the last 15 years. (trigraphs are going away too)
• X-Istence 12y ago
  There is a single C++ compiler that supports export. Out of all the C++ compilers, only a single one supports it. Mainly because it is such a HUGE pain in the ass to write support for. See this paper as to why it was removed from the spec: http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2003/n1426.pdf http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2003/n142...
  • andrewchambers 12y ago
    Those guys had serious dedication to essentially waste 3 years implementing it, just to say how useless it is.
    • Retra 12y ago
      "John Spicer notes: “Any program written using export can be rearranged trivially into a program that doesn’t use export.”" This makes me wonder why they couldn't have implemented this rearrangement as export...
      • andrewchambers 12y ago
        Probably trivially with some human judgment.
  • userbinator 12y ago
    That is a great counterpoint to this comment I saw recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9126237 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9126237