C++Talk.NET C++ language newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Symbian and STL          C++Talk.NET Forum Index -> C++ Language (Moderated) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Ragnar Guest Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 11:56 pm    Post subject: Symbian and STL Hi Does anyone have any idea on why Symbian doesn't use STL ? And if I port a STL version, are there any systemic issues with its C++ compiler port that would make this difficult to do ? Thanks & Regards Ragnar [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top Daniel James Guest Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 2:08 am    Post subject: Re: Symbian and STL In article news:<9c9f486f.0411260412.5b67d45d (AT) posting (DOT) google.com>, Ragnar wrote: Quote: Does anyone have any idea on why Symbian doesn't use STL ? One reason is that Symbian OS was designed using a (now) very old version of gcc that did not correctly (or at all?) support exceptions, so Symbian OS does not use exceptions but has its own error reporting mechanism using functions that "leave" on error. ISTRT there is a library implementing a subset of STL for Symbian (Google for it) but implementing a full, compliant, STL is not possible without exceptions. Daniel James | djng Sonadata Limited, UK | at sonadata Quote: dot co dot uk [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top John Torjo Guest Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Symbian and STL Quote: Does anyone have any idea on why Symbian doesn't use STL ? One reason is that Symbian OS was designed using a (now) very old version of gcc that did not correctly (or at all?) support exceptions, so Symbian OS does not use exceptions but has its own error reporting mechanism using functions that "leave" on error. Yes, those functions that end in L and LC - how awful! And the "two phase construction" approach. My experience with Symbian (about 1 year ago) left a bad taste on my mouth. Until they clean-up their code (at least allow for C++ exceptions), I'm not touching Symbian again. Best, John -- John Torjo, Contributing editor, C/C++ Users Journal -- "Win32 GUI Generics" -- generics & GUI do mix, after all -- http://www.torjo.com/win32gui/ -- v1.6 - documentation, bitmap buttons, tab dialogs, lite html [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ] Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         C++Talk.NET Forum Index -> C++ Language (Moderated) All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum C/C++----------------C LanguageC Language (Moderated)C++ Language (Moderated)C++ language (comp.lang.c++)C++ language, library and standards Non-English C/C++ Newsgroups----------------C++ (German)C++ (French)  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2006 phpBB Group SEO toolkit © 2004-2006 webmedic.