[C++-sig] Re: Outstanding Jobs for v2 release

[David Abrahams]

From: "Dave Hawkes" <daveh at cadlink.com>


> Just to get the ball rolling I've compiled an initial list of primary
> built-in types that could be supported (possibly incomplete as yet). I'm
not
> saying that all these should be supported, just that there is agreement
as
> to what ones will be supported. Any comments?

I've rated them as to their perceived importance (to me, of course):

> Type                          Status
> ====                          =======
>
> buffer                        ? -1
> builtin_function_or_method    ? -1
> class                         ? 0
> code                          ? -1
> complex                       ? +1
> dict                          ? +1
> dict-proxy                    ? 0
> ellipsis                      ? -1
> file                          ? 0
> float                         ? +1
> frame                         ? -1
> function                      ? -1
> generator                     ? 0
> instance                      ? 0
> int                           ? +1
> iterator                      ? +1
> lambda                        ? -1
> list                          ? +1
> long                          ? +1
> method_descriptor             ? -1
> module                        ? +1
> none                          ? +1
> object                        ? clashes with existing object class
> slice                         ? +1
> string                        ? +1
> traceback                     ? 0
> tuple                         ? +1
> type                          ? +1
> unboundmethod                 ? -1
> unicode                       ? +1
> weakproxy                     ? 0
> weakref                       ? +1
> wrapper_descriptor            ? 0
> xrange                        ? +1

-Dave