Re: [boost] Proposal: Design patterns library

From: Sreekant Sreedharan (blue_panther_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-09 23:07:34

   I was not aware that an LGPL library does not adhere to boost standards. 
I am open to making it available under another license. I conciously chose 
the LGPL over GPL after serious considerations over the benifits. Most 
libraries on the linux platform are LGPL, that does not (if I am right,) 
necessarily exclude it from using it in a commercial application.
   But that aside, let us look at it positively, the intent of my post for 
this proposal is the idea of a design patterns library. If we find it 
useful, let us all benifit from it, and I am all for doing anything possible 
to make it so. Because I think the idea of design patterns as outlined in 
the classic book, is for us developers to exchange our thoughts using a 
common vocabulary.
   I belive std::vector<> or std::find() has a common vocabulary for 
defining containers and algorithms.. What I believe is missing, is a common 
vocabulary for us C++ programmers to express design through code.. (UML 
satisfies it on certain levels, but it does not extend to actual code)..... 
so

class Foo: public patterns::singleton<..>
{
};

can also be equally expressive...

Have fun with the library...
Regards,
Sreekant....

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