Re: [container] Draft development plan for Boost.Container

From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-05-21 16:22:17

On 21/05/2024 06:03, Ion Gaztañaga via Boost wrote:

> Lately I've been collecting some ideas about how to improve the library 
> and keep it interesting/useful both for other Boost libraries and Boost 
> users.

Separating the algorithm from the container, or ability to use the 
algorithm with a third party container implementation, would be a win. 
The STL allocator design imposes a lot of unfortunate design choices on 
container implementation, and removing both constraints frees up 
potential designs.

I wish we had a rope of string (views) in Boost. I know proposed 
Boost.Text has them, so maybe not so urgent. Still, they enable 
transformations of strings in a particularly efficient way.

Niall