Re: Base from Member Formal Review

From: williamkempf_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-08-09 11:25:29

--- In boost_at_y..., Daryle Walker <darylew_at_m...> wrote:
> on 8/8/01 11:31 AM, Thomas Matelich at toms-mailing-lists_at_h... 
wrote:
> 
> > I'll have to preface this review by saying that I have never 
needed this
> > idiom.  I don't know what that means, except that I had trouble 
picturing its
> > usage in my own code.  I don't have much original to say, but as 
I reviewed
> > the code, I felt I should post something.
> > 
> > Like Bill Kempf, I equate this library with a singleton library, 
i.e. may have
> > useful features, but I'll probably write my own.  In general, for 
a simple
> > pattern, a general framework leaves me feeling constrained.  I 
like the
> > documentation value, but usually end up ripping out the framework 
and putting
> > in a comment.
> > 
> > On the other hand, a lot of programmers out there haven't read 
the GoF book
> > and don't chase down pattern literature.  I may be wrong, but I 
think Boost is
> > opening some people eyes to the power of STL and some of the 
really cool
> > things you can do with C++.  So I'm in favor of finding a place 
in Boost for
> > documenting C++ patterns/idioms, with frameworks *and* 
descriptions of how to
> > do it by hand.  To the user who hates writing 4 line classes, 
instantiating a
> > template seems ok, and the framework provides a reference 
implementation which
> > documents the gotchas to be aware of.
> 
> What's the GoF book?  (I guess I'm one of the programmers that 
hasn't read
> it.)

GoF, Gang of Four, well known name used as an alternative title for 
the book "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented 
Software".

Bill Kempf