RE: C++ & STL: last, best hope for software reuse? Or just a crue

Joe Barrera (joebar@MICROSOFT.com)
Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:28:00 -0700


> You'll find yourself using profanity to express your disgust with "that
f*cking STL"

Would you expect that profanity to sound something like:

d:\win32app\devstudio\vc98\include\xmemory(59) : warning C4786:
'?_Nil@?$_Tree@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@
@U?$pair@$$CBV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@V
12@@2@U_Kfn@?$map@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@s
td@@V12@U?$less@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std
@@@2@V?$allocator@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@s
td@@@2@@2@U?$less@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@s
td@@@2@V?$allocator@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@
@std@@@2@@std@@1PAU_Node@12@A' : identifier was truncated to '255'
characters in the browser information

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- Joe

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