implement C++ 0x metaprogramming facilities and type traits

• Key: STDCXX-30
• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Martin Sebor
• Component/s: TR1.4 - Metaprogramming and Type Traits
• Fix Version/s: 5.0.0

Description

This is a placeholder task to implement the C++ Standard Library extensions described in the Metaprogramming and Type Traits section of the Technical Report on C++ Library Extensions.

Comments

[Martin Sebor]

The Type Traits are:

• Unary type traits (<type_traits>)
• Relationship between types (<type_traits>)
• Transformation between types (<type_traits>)

[Andrew Black]

This task is a forward looking task for the next version of the C++ standard. As we are tentatively planning inclusion of most or all of the TR1 feature set in the 5.0 release, I am setting that release as a fix target.

[Martin Sebor]

Changed the Summary to reflect the objective of this task: to implement all of the C++ 0x extensions and not just their TR1 subset.

[Martin Sebor]

The following document outlines an API for Compiler Support for type_traits proposed by Howard Hinnant:
http://home.twcny.rr.com/hinnant/cpp_extensions/cpp_extensions

[Martin Sebor]

Attached Howard Hinnant's Compiler Support for type_traits in case the page should go away.