Re: [boost] Re: operators.hpp and size bloat

From: Mark Rodgers (mark.rodgers_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-06-14 13:34:42

> Yes, I've been considering an approach like that one for some of my 
> Python wrapping work. It does simplify things an awful lot, doesn't 
> it?  It's certainly worth publishing that approach in the 
> documentation. 

Which made me wonder if we need the extra complication of Aleksey's 
version....

> I don't think it will work for the dereference 
> operators -> and [], which require a this pointer. Also, the iterator 
> helpers rely on inheritance from std::iterator.

... but maybe we do?

If we are moving to the more complicated version, can we please ensure
it still works with all the compilers with which it previously worked?

Thanks,
Mark