Hi. Not sure whether this belongs in general developer topics or here but...

Quote Originally Posted by The Top 20 C++ Tips of All Time
In the future, when compilers support the "export" keyword, it will be possible to use only the template's declaration and leave the definition in a separate source file.
I was just wondering if this means that - upon export being "supported by compilers" - whoever manages the Standard Template Library will move template class definitions to .cpp files? I assume that no one who lurks CodeGuru's forums is an STL author, so opinions on this are what I'm looking for.

Cheers.