I have from time to time heard mention of a mailing list or lists called "reflector(s)" where members of the C++ Standards Committee discuss issues related to their work on C++ standardization.
Are these mailing lists available for public reading? If so, could someone point me to them? If not, what is the rationale for them being closed? I for one would find it very useful to be able to read these discussions - I think they would provide great insights into the rationales behind the various decisions made by the Committee.
I just discovered the following four Google Groups, opened a few days ago:
It's not immediately clear whether these are official, though the owner's email is "[email protected]", so they may well be.
UPDATE: It appears they are official. From boost-dev:
It's an initiative led by Herb Sutter.
He proposes that the committee moves to publically readable (but not writable) discussion groups for the reflector and also that we replace comp.std.c++ by new public read/write groups (which are the ones you linked).
I think that is great news!
UPDATE: The 'lang' and 'lib' groups have been merged into one. The new groups can be found here: