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   From: daniel.kruegler@googlemail.com   
      
   Am 20.09.2011 15:41, schrieb german diago:   
   >> The original proposing paper makes clear that one important reason why   
   >> attributes where invented was to define a uniform syntactic form to   
   >> allow for integrating existing non-standard language extensions into the   
   >> language grammar consistently. Also, attributes where considered as one   
   >> possible way to extend the language without the need to define new   
   >> keywords.   
   >   
   > I wonder why noone added [[ deprecated ]] . It's useful in every   
   > single API that one creates.   
      
   I think there was a proposal in preparation but it was too late in the   
   progress of C1x and C++11 (David Svoboda had invested quite a lot of   
   work into this area). I'm sure that this proposal will be submitted in   
   the next future.   
      
   HTH & Greetings from Bremen,   
      
   Daniel Krügler   
      
      
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