Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 11:11:42 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: ANSI C++ compliance?
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On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Shin wrote:

> I would like to know if djgpp is ANSI C++ compliant.

Actually, this is a wrong question.  You probably want to know whether
the C++ compiler and the C++ class libraries that were ported to DJGPP
comply to the ANSI/ISO C++ Standard.  DJGPP is not a compiler, it's a
library and a run-time environment that allow to run 32-bit
protected-mode programs on top of DOS and Windows.  The compiler we
use is GCC, the GNU C/C++ compiler, ported to DJGPP, and the C++
libraries developed by the GNU project.

As to whether GCC and the C++ class library comply with the standard,
the answer (AFAIK) is ``almost''.  The compiler doesn't support
namespaces yet (it accepts and ignores the relevant keywords), and
there are a few minor known bugs.  For more details, see
http://egcs.cygnus.com/bugs.html.