C++ and TR1

Hi Javier,

At this point there are no plans to include TR1 in version of Standard C++ library that is shipped with Visual C++ in either VS2005 SP release or Orcas release of VS. However we are aware of this situation and inclusion of TR1 is going to be considered during feature prioritization for the release of Visual C++ after Orcas.

Thanks,

Nikola

NikolaDudar-MSFT at 2007-10-11 >

Nikola Dudar - MSFT (old name) wrote:

However we are aware of this situation and inclusion of TR1 is going to be considered during feature prioritization for the release of Visual C++ after Orcas. Thanks, Nikola

After Orcas? by that time the next C++ standard revision (C++0x) will be published (expected in 2009) in which case the majority of TR1 will most likely be incorporated into C++0x, shouldn't you guys be worried/prepared for that otherwise Visual C++ will seriously lag behind (yet again).

sharp_kid at 2007-10-11 >

I would like tr1 included in Visual Studio ASAP.

While I like boost and dinkumware the policy here is that we should keep extern dependencies to a minimum. Also, its unmanageable to include boost in our source tree (that is the way the build system works here). While bcp helps its still 289 files, 46 folders just to use boost :: shared_ptr.

If I would be the boss here I would order boost on all developer machines but I'm not.

If std::tr1 was part of Visual Studio I could use shared_ptr<> and all developers would have it without installing an extra library on the machine or clutter the source tree with external dependencies.

It frustrates me that I have to implement my own smart pointers when I know there are good-quality coming in tr1. I would like the wait for tr1 in Visual studio to be as small as possible.

marten_range at 2007-10-11 >