RE: [boost] Adding a generic list manipulator - documentation

From: Paul A. Bristow (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-04-25 10:12:20

This looks interesting, but overlaps with recent work by Reece Dunn and Terje
Slettebo, so you should catch up on their work first?

There is certainly a crying need for an easy to use formatted STL and C++
containers output, but how _BEST_ to do this is not yet clear.  Much wheel
reinvention has already taken place: I hope Boosters can provide some smart
alloys at a good price ;-)

Paul

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| -----Original Message-----
| From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden]
| [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]]On Behalf Of John Torjo
| Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 3:17 PM
| To: Boost mailing list
| Subject: Re: [boost] Adding a generic list manipulator - documentation
|
|
| >
| >
| > | -----Original Message-----
| > | From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden]
| > | [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]]On Behalf Of Reece Dunn
| > | Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 2:53 PM
| > | To: boost_at_[hidden]
| > | Subject: Re: [boost] Adding a generic list manipulator
| > |
| > |
| > | [documentation]:
| > |
| > Shows much promise, but
| >
| > 1  code examples are conventionally (and helpfully) in monospaced.  My
| favourite
| > is Lucida Console.  Doesn't boost.css provide this?
| >
| > 2  Your potential users are busy, and not all expert, so over-commenting
| is
| > better than under.  For example, how about?
| >
| > std::vector< int > v( 4);  // Construct a vector of known size 4.
| > std::generate( v.begin(), v.end(), std::rand ); // Fill all container with
| > randoms.
| > std::cout << boost::io::formatlist( v ); // Output all container.
| > // Outputs: {101, 4, 33, 9}
|
| I did not catch the beginning of this discussion.
| Is this somewhat similar to:
|
| http://builder.com.com/article_guest.jhtml?id=u00220020805gcn01.htm&page=1
| http://builder.com.com/article_guest.jhtml?id=u00220020923gcn01.htm&page=1
|
| (I know, the code is kind of complicated; anyway Kevlin Henney prompted me
| with a way to MUCH improve the code, and new stuff has come to my mind ;-) )
|
| Best,
| John
|
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