[boost] Re: Implementation variations

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-07-08 10:35:29

At 01:26 PM 7/7/99 -0500, Ed Brey wrote:

>Email seemed somewhat boring, until Beman Dawes wrote:
>>
>>There is a draft paper on implementation variations available at
>>http://www.boost.org/imp_vars.htm
>>
>>I would appreciate comments.
>
>Very good overall.
>
>There is a difference between "separate components" and "template-
>based approaches that should be identified.  Using separate
components
>includes an extra level of indirection, which trades off extra space
>and time for the ability to select the implementation at run-time.
>Using template-based approaches provides optimal space and time
>efficiency in return for constraining the implementation selection
to
>compile time.
>
>Minor errors:
>Replace "when its reasonably to use" with "when it's reasonable to
use".
>Replace "Template based" with "Template-based".

Thanks for the feedback!

The paper has been updated on the site.

--Beman

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