Doc No: ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG21 N1045 X3J16 97-0007 Date: January 20, 1997 Project: JTC1.22.32 Programming Language C++ Ref Doc: Reply To: Thomas Plum Convener, SC22/WG21 Plum Hall Inc 3 Waihona Box 44610 Kamuela HI 96743 email: standards@plumhall.com tel: +1-808-882-1255 fax: +1-808-882-1556 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG21 (C++) Convener's Report (Interim) ---------------------------------------------- WG21 has a single project: JTC1.22.32. The Working Group had its first meeting 18-19 June 1991, and has now met 17 times -- three times per year -- in joint technical sessions with US committee X3J16. Ten countries have been represented at the meetings: Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, UK, and the USA. (Ireland and Netherlands, recently added, will become the 11th and 12th delegations.) 1. SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS The C++ CD was ballotted between May 28 and September 28, 1995 (CD 14882, SC22/N1824). Ballot responses included a large number of substantive comments. WG21 spent three meetings (November 1995, March 1996, and July 1996) resolving the comments, and prepared a new working draft for a second CD ballot shortly afer the November meeting. 1.1 Language Independent and Cross Language Standards The Working Group has been monitoring cross-language standards activities. We are using the WG20 guidelines on extended characters. We have also tried to remain as close to the requirements of the LIA-1 standard as possible, but have not produced an explicit binding document. WG21 has several liaison appointments: Group Subject Liaison -------- --------------------------------------- ----------------- WG11 Language Independent Datatypes Keld Simonsen WG14 C Tom Plum WG15 POSIX Nobuo Saito WG20 Internationalization Keld Simonsen SC24/WG6 Multimedia presentation and interchange Karl Soop 2. TARGET DATES WG21 requested a change to its schedule because we saw that it would take two extra meetings to resolve the first CD ballot comments. The technical changes were finalized in July 1996, but WG21 wanted to look at the final draft in November before recommending it be forwarded to SC22 for a second CD ballot. This lengthened WG21's schedule by eight months. However, the new Final DIS ("FDIS") procedure may shorten the new schedule by four or five months. The complete list of former and current target dates is shown below. Original New Event date date ------ ------------ --------------------------------------------------- 9/89 (completed) USA requested to submit C++ New Work Item Proposal 4/91 (completed) Approved C++ NP 6/91 (completed) First meeting of WG21 12/93 (completed) Circulate informal draft within SC22 7/94 (completed) Vote to register WD as CD; Mtg #10. 9/94 (completed) Complete editorial corrections; provide WD to SC22. 10/94 (completed) Begin CD registration ballot. 3/95 (completed) Complete CD registration ballot resolutions; Mtg #12. 6/95 (completed) Begin CD ballot. 3/96 (completed) Complete CD ballot resolution; Mtgs #14-17 5/96 (completed) Begin second CD ballot 3/97 11/97 Complete second CD ballot resolution; Mtg #19, 20 5/97 12/97 Begin FDIS ballot 12/97 3/98 FDIS ballot results. Send IS to ITTF (with final report). 3. ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION 4. MEETING SCHEDULE WG21's future meeting schedule is shown below. No. Date Location Standards Body & Corporate Sponsor --- --------------- ------------------ -------------------------------- 18 Mar 9-14, 1997 Nashua, NH, USA ANSI Digital Equip. Corp. 19 Jul 13-18, 1997 Cambridge, UK BSI Programming Research 20 Nov 9-14, 1997 New Jersey, USA ANSI AT&T 21 Mar 8-13, 1998 Sophia Antipolis, FR AFNOR Ilog 22 Jul 12-17, 1998 Rochester, NY ANSI Xerox