[gclist] gclist-digest V1 #40

[Fergus Henderson]

Mark S. Riggle, you wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know if the C++ standards committee, X3J16, is considering
> any proposals or entertaining discussions on adding garbage collection
> to C++?

Yes, I know.  No, they're not.

The committee did consider a proposal (by Greg Colvin, if I remember
correctly) a few years ago for some sort of garbage collected smart
pointer class, but the proposal was rejected.  A proposal for a
reference-counted smart pointer class was also rejected, by a very
narrow margin.

At this stage, there is absolutely no chance of including garbage
collection in C++ during this round of standardization.  However,
if anyone reading this list is keen on submitting a proposal,
the time is ripe for making proposals to the C standardization
committee, since work has begun on a new version of the C standard.

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