Re: [boost] Status of the format library?

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-10 04:21:59

----- Original Message -----
From: "Samuel Krempp" <krempp_at_[hidden]>

> Le mer 08/05/2002 à 11:27, Markus Schöpflin a écrit :
> > Hi all,
> >
> > does anyone know what happened to the format library after it was
> > accepted into boost?
>
> good question..
>
> I uploaded the last version of code in the vault in February, as a final
> submission.
> It was at last MSVC compatible, and although not unanimously satisfying,
> the debate was quite dead, with a last message from me on Feb 24th,
> reporting 'final' submitted version, with documentation changes and
> compatibility (MSVC) fixes
>
> Ah, you then reported that it was not compatible with MSVC + STLPort,
> and were proposing a change in Boost's macros along with the
> corresponding fixes to format..
> unfortunately I was out of spare time then, and did not react to that,
> nor insisted to have the code finally accepted into boost.
> I don't want to look like the guy who'll vigorously requests that his
> piece of code gets accepted, and in fact I'd humbly accept all arguments
> against the acceptance of format, or try my best to answer precise
> improvement requests..

I propose that we get this into the CVS main trunk immediately. Samuel,
please acquire a SourceForge UserID if you don't already have one, and send
it to me (Bjorn, too)!

-Dave