Re: [boost] RE: A preliminary proposal: AGG project

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-07 06:54:28

At 01:10 AM 5/7/2002, Mika Heiskanen wrote:

 >There is nothing contradictory in your and my texts. Given that I 
followed
 >my original quote with how I was /for/ the idea of implementing an
 >additional library to perform both file and display I/O functions, we 
seem
 >to agree completely. The I/O implementation library would serve as proof
 >of concept, but not be a part of the standard library itself.

Yes, understood.

 >The confusion has then probably been over whether to use platform 
specific
 >vector graphics rendering APIs, which I'm against, and whether to use
 >platform specific display APIs, which of course is a must in an actual
 >interactive application.
 >
 >Still, regarding the idea of using an external I/O library, any thoughts
 >on whether the standard committee would like to standardize the
 >*interfaces* of both file I/O and display I/O methods?

I wouldn't want to speculate. There hasn't been any discussion of such 
issues, so it is hard to tell what the reaction would be.

A roadmap always helps when moving into unexplored areas; consider writing 
a paper and presenting it to the committee.

--Beman