[Boost-users] [boost] [type_erasure] Review ends today July 27, 2012

Subject: [Boost-users] [boost] [type_erasure] Review ends today July 27, 2012
From: Lorenzo Caminiti (lorcaminiti_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-07-27 03:22:42

Hello all,

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Lorenzo Caminiti <lorcaminiti_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Lorenzo Caminiti <lorcaminiti_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> *** The review of Steven Watanabe's proposed Boost.TypeErasure library
>> begins on July 18, 2012 and ends on July 27, 2012. ***
>
> *** Boost.TypeErasure review ends in 5 days. Please submit your reviews :D ***

*** Boost.TypeErasure review ends today July 27, 2012. If you are
planning to submit a review, please do so as soon as possible. ***

Thank you to everyone who has commented on the library and submitted a
review so far!

The review manager,
--Lorenzo
P.S. I am considering extending the review until end of day Sunday
July 29, 2012... I will keep you posted.

> There have been interesting discussions on the library on the ML but I
> have not received any official review yet :( Especially if you are a
> user of Boost Any, Function, and Any Iterator, you definitely want to
> take a look at Type Erasure as it generalizes solutions provided by
> those other libraries.
>
> Thank you.
>
> The review manager.
> --Lorenzo
>
>> THE LIBRARY
>>
>> C++ provides runtime polymorphism through virtual functions. They are
>> a very useful feature, but they do have some limitations.
>> * They are intrusive. In generic programming, we can design an
>> interface which allows third-party types to be adapted to it.
>> * They require dynamic memory management. Of course, most of the
>> problems can be avoided by using an appropriate smart pointer type.
>> Even so, it still acts like a pointer rather than a value.
>> * Virtual functions' ability to apply multiple independent concepts to
>> a single object is limited.
>> The Boost.TypeErasure library solves these problems allowing us to
>> mirror static generic programming at runtime.
>>
>> Library source:
>> http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/type_erasure/
>>
>> Pre-built documentation:
>> http://steven_watanabe.users.sourceforge.net/type_erasure/libs/type_erasure/
>>
>> You can also download archives with pre-built documentation from:
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/steven-watanabe.u/files/
>>
>> YOUR REVIEW
>>
>> Please submit a review to the mailing-list by replying to this email
>> ("[boost] [type_erasure] Review ..." should be in the subject).
>>
>> Please state clearly whether you think this library should be accepted
>> as a Boost library.
>>
>> Other questions you may want to consider:
>> 1. What is your evaluation of the design?
>> 2. What is your evaluation of the implementation?
>> 3. What is your evaluation of the documentation?
>> 4. What is your evaluation of the potential usefulness of the library?
>> 5. Did you try to use the library?  With what compiler?  Did you have
>> any problems?
>> 6. How much effort did you put into your evaluation?  A glance?  A
>> quick reading?  In-depth study?
>> 7. Are you knowledgeable about the problem domain?
>>
>> Thanks in advance to all who participate in the review discussion --
>> I'm looking forward to it!