Re: [boost] LL, vote for inclusion

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-26 11:50:12

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From: "Mat Marcus" <mmarcus_at_[hidden]>

> I offered to help at the 2nd template metaprogramming workshop, but at
the
> time the authors felt like it would be too much work. There were also
some
> questions as to whether it would be possible without massive changes.
I am
> renewing my offer. But I don't have the bandwidth to work on the whole
> thing by myself in any reasonable amount of time, so I would need some
> collaborators. Also, the task will require some support from Jaako and
> Gary. Are you guys interested? If so, would you be interested in
> communicating some of the tougher porting problems so we can determine
if
> there might be workarounds. Perhaps some sample code from the
return-type
> calculator together with a brief account of any workarounds attempted.
BTW,
> I'm also interested in a MetroWerks port. Were there major issues, or
> didn't you try?

I haven't tried the Pro8 beta sitting on my disk yet (I will later
today), but I'd be very surprised if there were any real issues with
that version. Pro7's inability to handle the sizeof() trick can cause
some really nasty contortions, but I think that bug is fixed for Pro8.

-Dave