[boost] Re: [boost] Curaçao: reaction to smart pointer proposal

From: Greg Colvin (greg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-30 14:29:08

At 01:04 PM 04/30/2002, you wrote:
>"Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
>news:00b901c1f05e$8080a0b0$1d00a8c0_at_pdimov2...
>> From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
>> > * Because user needs are so varied, Standard Library smart pointers
>should
>> > support a full feature model, including user supplied behavior.
>>
>> I wonder how does this follow. If user needs are so varied, then there is
>> nothing to standardize, and the standardization effort is better spent
>> elsewhere.
>
>It does follow. Users' needs are within a common framework, and vary along
>specific dimensions.

An interesting theory.  Of course persons comfortable framework
can be another persons Procrustean bed. ;->