Re: [boost] Re: dynamic_bitset: performances and other notes - dyn_bs_modifications #1.zip (0/1)

From: Jeremy Siek (jsiek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-31 17:53:14

On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Gennaro Prota wrote:
gennar> On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:06:33 -0500 (EST), Jeremy Siek
gennar>
gennar> Yes. Of course we have to decide a strategy. My idea was to make the
gennar> customization absolutely transparent to those who don't use it, and
gennar> see if the code complexity could be reasonably limited. Do you
gennar> dissuade me from any attempt, then? :-)

Yes. Sorry to ruin your fun, but someone has to represent the poor guy
who, 5 years down the road, has to fix a bug in dynamic_bitset. It will be
hard enough to understand the optimized version, never mind the added
clutter and dispatching needed for customization hooks.

Cheers,
Jeremy

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