Doc No: SC22/WG21/N2682 PL22.J16/08-0192 Date: 2008-06-30 Project: JTC1.22.32 Reply to: Robert Klarer IBM Canada, Ltd. klarer@ca.ibm.com

Minutes of ISO WG21 Meeting, June 8, 2008

1. Opening and introductions

Sutter called the meeting to order at 18:00(UTC+2) on June 8, 2008. Seven countries were represented.

1.1 Welcome from host

Jean-Paul Rigault, speaking on behalf of INRIA and AFNOR, discussed arrangements for this meeting.

1.2 Roll call of technical experts

Name Country HOD?
Steve Adamczyk USA
Pete Becker USA, Project Editor
Steve Clamage USA
Gabriel Dos Reis France
Francis Glassborow UK Yes
Peter Gottschling Germany Yes
Barry Hedquist USA Yes
Howard Hinnant USA
Robert Klarer Canada Yes
P. J. Plauger USA
Tana Plauger USA
Tom Plum USA
Jean-Paul Rigault France, Meeting host
Georges Schumacher France Yes
Nick Stoughton USA, POSIX liaison
Bjarne Stroustrup USA
Herb Sutter (Convenor)

1.3 Adopt agenda

The agenda is document PL22.16/08-0105 = WG21/N2595.

Agenda adopted by unanimous consent.

1.4 Select drafting committee.

Adamczyk, Dos Reis, and Hinnant were named to the drafting committee.

1.5 Approve minutes from last meeting

The minutes from the last meeting are recorded in document J16/08-0103 = WG21/N2593.

Approved by unanimous consent.

1.6 Review action items from previous meeting

None.

2. Status, liaison, and action item reports

2.1 Small group status reports

deferred to Monday session.

2.2 Liaison Reports

2.2.1 SC22 report

2.2.2 SC22/WG14 (C) report

deferred to Monday session.

2.2.3 POSIX report

deferred to Monday session.

2.2.3.1 POSIX/C++ Binding report

2.2.4 Vulnerabilities OWG report

deferred to Monday session.

3. New Business

Sutter reported that SC22 has requested that a project not be open unless the WG is ready to issue a ballot relating to that item within the next 12 months. WG21 currently has four open projects; three TRs and one standard:

Sutter noted that the Decimal TR is a binding to a revision of the IEEE-754 standard, which has long been delayed, but is expected to be ratified soon. He suggested that the paper be issued for combined registration and PDTR ballot at the San Francisco meeting of WG21 in September 2008.

On the Special Math Functions Standard, P. J. Plauger reported that the document is essentially done, and that he, Benito, and Brown all believe that the committee should vote to issue it as an FCD at the next meeting.

Sutter observed that WG21 is not with 12 months of sending out a draft of TR2 or of the Modules TR, and suggests closing those projects. New Work Items can be opened when those documents are ready for registration.

Dos Reis asked whether items that are in progress but that have no Work Item will be lost or forgotten by the committee.

Stoughton indicated the agenda must indicate that these discussions are taking place, so that interested parties have an opportunity to participate.

Plauger expand on this, noting that two separate actions are required: "we need to keep a list of work that we intend to do, and we need to announce those intentions to the world through the published agenda."

Clamage agreed to add agenda items for TR2 and the Modules TR under "Future Business" in the agenda.

3.1 Defect Report procedures

deferred to Monday session.

3.2 Library TR status and planning

deferred to Monday session.

4. Review and approve resolutions and issues

Clamage review some possible changes in NCITS procedures, noting that the reason this committee originally had co-located meetings is that ISO had rules about the sizes of national delegations. If all NCITS voting members were accredited as members of the US delegation, the committee would run afoul of the ISO rules, because the delegation would exceed the maximum permissible size. The historical solution was that WG21 members would attend the meetings of PL22.16 (previously J16) as guests.

Clamage went on to explain that NCITS will institute a new rule in which a guest is permitted to attend a technical meeting only once. As well, ISO no longer has rules about the sizes of national delegations. Because of these procedural changes, the committee needs to reorganize its own meeting procedures.

Plum recalled that C started as an ANSI project in 1983. Around 1987, ISO expressed an interest in this project, and an SC22 WG was established, but essentially all work was done in J11. In 1989, at the SC22 level, other countries began making technical contributions, essentially after J11 was done. When WG21 was constituted, the current process was established so that WG21 and J16 members could cooperate.

Plum suggested that each delegation have time to outside the WG21 meeting to caucus before votes are taken.

Stoughton observed that the committee can look into the procedures that other groups have adopted to solve this problem.

Glassborow suggested a procedure in which, prior to any straw poll, the head of a delegation to calls a quick poll among his delegation.

Discussion ensued.

Glassborow reported that BSI has instructed him to declare that they want to see concepts in the standard, and they want the library to exploit concepts correctly. The UK will vote no if a standard that includes concepts is put out to a vote at any time within the next two years.

5. Closing process

5.1 Establish next agenda

5.2 Future meetings

  1. 2008-09-14 to 2008-09-20, San Francisco View CA (adjacent to WG14)
  2. February 2009, TBD
  3. May or July 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany

5.3 Future mailings

deferred to Friday session.

5.4 Review action items

5.5 Any other Business

None.

5.6 Thanks to host

See Saturday session.

5.7 Recess