Re: [boost] Re: In-place construction for variant

From: E. Gladyshev (egladysh_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-04 20:51:29

--- Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:
[...]
> Perhaps someone who has read the second edition could comment on where the 
> extra 800 pages came from.

Extra 800 pages... Wow!

> 
>  >Is there a shorter version of the main concepts somewhere? :)
> 
> Good question, but I'm not aware of a shorter version. Looking at the table 
> of contents, I see that what I found valuable was the 54 pages in chapter 
> 7, "Systematic approaches to software construction", which talks about the 
> topics in this Boost discussion thread. Invariants, preconditions, 
> postconditions, exceptions, errors, failures, etc.

I appreciate you hint!

> So you might just try checking the book out of a library, if buying the 
> whole thing strains your budget.

The budget is not a problem, I would actually pay more 
for a shorter (to the point) version. :)
If time is money, then think about 
the time you'd spend sorting stuff out.

Eugene

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