Re: [boost] Dynamic Bitset Formal Review June 8-17

From: Victor A. Wagner, Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-06-12 00:11:56

Your appeal to prior "authority" leaves me underwhelmed.

At Tuesday 2002/06/11 21:25, you wrote:

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>   [ FORMAL REVIEW OF DYNAMIC BITSET ]
>
>   Allow me to start with a complement, the boost::dyn_bitset does an 
> excellent job of taking compile-time-sized bitset as a reference and 
> evolving its interface into a run-time-sized analogue.  Even the tougher 
> issues such as operator = and the concept of a reference to a bit were 
> addressed.  (Pun intended, I suppose.)
>
>   But now on to my harsh concerns which lead me to a firm vote of: 
> NO!  PLEASE DO NOT EVER ACCEPT THIS AS A LIBRARY IN BOOST.  PLEASE DO NOT 
> EVER SUBMIT THIS LIBRARY FOR STANDARDIZATION IN C++0x.  BECAUSE OF THE 
> FIVE SEVERE DEFECTS ENUMERATED BELOW, THE ONLY WAY THAT I SEE TO FIX 
> boost::dyn_bitset IS TO WITHDRAW boost::dyn_bitset IN ITS ENTIRETY.  An 
> already extant replacement strategy is interspersed below.
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