[boost] Re: assert() replacement?

From: Paul Baxter (paje_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-09-02 12:21:46

> 4. Is this problem really worth solving? Boost participants are spending
> *lots* of time refining something for which we already have a workable (if
> imperfect) idiom. Let me make some suggestions for things which are
*really
> missing* from C++:
>
> (chosen at random from python libraries at
> <http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/lib.html>, but you could use Java
> libs as inspiration, instead):
>
> regular expression matching

Came across an excellent reg expr package at
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/John_Maddock/regexpp.htm

Can be used at many levels - from raw API to posix compatible interface to a
more C++ approach using locales etc.

> date manipulation
> file path manipulation
> persistency
Still looking for a good solution to these :)

> threading
> gui library
Found some of these.

I was intrigued by some of Valentin's comments about his own box of tricks.
(indicating his own gui (or wrappings to one at least) etc)

Judging by his useful comments here I would imagine they'd be worth looking
at.

Sadly neither link I had to his home page's worked.
Anyone know his current home page?

Paul Baxter