Re: [boost] Re: Comments on the thread library

From: Greg Colvin (gcolvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-04-03 14:46:29

From: Peter Dimov <pdimov_at_[hidden]>
> From: "Greg Colvin" <gcolvin_at_[hidden]>
> 
> 
> > From: Peter Dimov <pdimov_at_[hidden]>
> 
> > > Generative programming does not mean "stick a generative interface on
> top."
> > > If you have all the classes, a generative interface is simply not
> necessary.
> >
> > It doesn't mean that, but it can do that.  And when is a generative
> > interface every strictly necessary?
> 
> When the generative interface describes, say, 800 classes. :-) Which is not
> uncommon.

;->

Still, not "strictly" necessary.  It's a real question: what
does generative programming contribute to the thread interface
beyond reducing the number of named classes?