alt Hacker NewsI'm confused about what exactly you're arguing for. Is the idea that the standard library should be minimal and then each compiler should ship its own nonstandard "batteries" library?
I'm confused about what exactly you're arguing for. Is the idea that the standard library should be minimal and then each compiler should ship its own nonstandard "batteries" library?
I think the language committee should provide a spec where required (OS filesystem, mutex, etc). And when it is not required they should simply provide a plain bog standard library.
There is absolutely no reason for std::deque to be a specification. The committee should either ship a committee library for std::deque or they should leave it to the community. They can provide a battery or they can not. Providing a spec for a battery that is both over and under specified is the absolute worst possible choice.