where to inform about TR1/TR2 progress

[gelbeiche]

What is a good resource to get information about the progress
of TR1/TR2 specification ?
I'm an ordinary programmer and I'm interested in things like:
Will TR2 plan an unicode string support or provides TR2 a standardized
database interface ?
Is there an URL which keeps interested persons up to date without
reading through a vast quantity of specifications ?

 

[loufoque]

gelbeiche a écrit :

What is a good resource to get information about the progress
of TR1/TR2 specification ?
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/


Will TR2 plan an unicode string support
Yes.

or provides TR2 a standardized
database interface ?

Make a proposal if you want it.

 

[gelbeiche]

gelbeiche a écrit :

Yes.

You say yes, but where did you found this information at
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/ ?

Make a proposal if you want it.

I have much respect for people who are able to make a
proposal. But I hoped to find an easy way to get information
about the future of C++. I found a wishlist and a document for
TR1.
One word regarding the database interface. I work for a
very large mail order system company which does quite a lot
of work with (mainly Oracle) databases. Oracle has a mature
C (OCI) and C++(OCCI) interface for application developer.
However the company decided to use Java for future development.
One reason was JDBC.

 

[loufoque]

gelbeiche a écrit :

You say yes, but where did you found this information at
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/ ?

From the call for proposals for TR2:

"The committee especially welcomes proposals in the following areas:

* Unicode "

That means the comitee plans to add unicode support in TR2.
That doesn't mean, though, that it will be there for sure.

However the company decided to use Java for future development.
One reason was JDBC.

It's not because a library isn't a standard one that you can't use it.

 

[Pete Becker]

From the call for proposals for TR2:

"The committee especially welcomes proposals in the following areas:

* Unicode "

That means the comitee plans to add unicode support in TR2.

It means that we'd like to see a proprosal. Without a proposal, nothing
will happen.

 

[Pete Becker]

What is a good resource to get information about the progress
of TR1/TR2 specification ?

Well, TR1 is finished, going through the final formal steps for ISO
approval. For details, see
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2005/n1836.pdf, or my
book, to be published this summer.

 

[gelbeiche]

gelbeiche a écrit :


From the call for proposals for TR2:

"The committee especially welcomes proposals in the following areas:

* Unicode "

That means the comitee plans to add unicode support in TR2.
That doesn't mean, though, that it will be there for sure.

How are the chances that wishs from the committee will implemented ?
I read fall 2006 is closing date for TR2 proposals, not much time.
Regarding Unicode I see no library at boost.org but unicode could
be almost considered as a prerequisite for XML integration(another wish).