Re: [boost] Infinite precision integer draft

From: Sohail Somani (s.somani_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-31 18:14:15

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> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Bronek Kozicki
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 3:12 PM
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> Subject: Re: [boost] Infinite precision integer draft
> 
> Maarten Kronenburg wrote:
> > For using mixed expressions with
> > different types, run-time polymorphism
> > is required.
> 
> does the library need something that runtime-polymorphism 
> delivers and that 
> cannot be done with templates? Not that I'm such a big fan of 
> templates, but 
> they proved useful. Maybe not that much in domain-specific 
> applications, but 
> in interface part of many libraries they work pretty well 
> (Boost is good 
> example here). I'd also argue that they usually proved more 
> extensible than 
> libraries designed around OOP.

Actually pretty useful in domain specific libraries (I guess
applications applies too).