Re: [boost] Re: CRC Library Formal Review

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-04-17 17:59:05

At 04:23 PM 4/17/2001, Doug Gregor wrote:

 >Perhaps the formal review of a library should be prefaced by a few days
 >where other Boost members could try the library on several different
 >compilers before the library actually comes up for formal review. At this
 >point the library would be slushy - internals may need to be modified
 >to make the code portable, but the interface should be unchanged.
 >
 >I believe this would make formal reviews go more smoothly, and allieviate 

 >the problem with libraries changing while they are being reviewed.

That makes sense to me!  I'm not sure exactly how implement that approach, 
but maybe when a submitter asks for a formal review he or she should 
mention what compilers the submission is known to work with, and ask for 
test results from others.

Thanks,

--Beman