Multi-methods

[Eivind Grimsby Haarr]

I would really like to have multiple dispatch in C++, and I have been
reading the multimethods proposal at
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2003/n1529.html (And
the paragraph in D&E of C++)
which seems to outline a promising syntax and mechanism.

I do of course have comments to this proposal, and multi-methods in
general, but I guess most of them have been heard before. I have been
searching and reading newsgroups postings looking for them, but it's
tedious and difficult. Does some place(s) exist where I can find a summary
of the discussions and arguments concerning this proposal, and
multimethods in general?

What is the status of the standard committee's work on multi-methods?
Where can I find such information, also for proposals in general?


Hope this made sense

Best regards,
Eivind Grimsby Haarr

 

[Ioannis Vranos]

I would really like to have multiple dispatch in C++, and I have been
reading the multimethods proposal at
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2003/n1529.html (And
the paragraph in D&E of C++)
which seems to outline a promising syntax and mechanism.

I do of course have comments to this proposal, and multi-methods in
general, but I guess most of them have been heard before. I have been
searching and reading newsgroups postings looking for them, but it's
tedious and difficult. Does some place(s) exist where I can find a
summary of the discussions and arguments concerning this proposal, and
multimethods in general?

What is the status of the standard committee's work on multi-methods?
Where can I find such information, also for proposals in general?


Hope this made sense

Best regards,
Eivind Grimsby Haarr

Try to open discussions in comp.std.c++ and comp.lang.c++.moderated.
Many committee members hang around in there and discuss such things.


comp.std.c++ is strictly about the standard (and I guess existing
proposals such as the one above get discussed too), while
comp.lang.c++.moderated is more like clc++ but moderated (which has as a
result less newbie questions to be asked there, since discussions there
take time).

 

[Pete Becker]

Where can I find such information, also for proposals in general?

The best way to know what's happening is to attend meetings. That's what
they're for.

 

[Eivind Grimsby Haarr]

The best way to know what's happening is to attend meetings. That's what
they're for.

And the best way to know what's happening in American politics is to
attend cabinet meetings at the White House...

Actually, someone gave this link
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/
in an answer to another posting, which was approximately what I was
looking for.