Re: [boost] Re: Deadline for the Standard Library Technical Report

From: Greg Colvin (Gregory.Colvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-27 19:46:20

At 05:13 PM 1/27/2003, David B. Held wrote:
>"Edward Diener" <eddielee_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
>news:b14fuc$hh0$1_at_main.gmane.org...
>> "Andrei Alexandrescu" <andrewalex_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
>> news:b14cq2$2km$1_at_main.gmane.org...
>> > [...]
>> > This is yet another bad PR move, but then I thought, if voicing an
>> > opinion around here constitutes a problem, then the problem is not
>> > mine. So here goes.
>>
>> PR stands for public relations AFAIK. Why is it a PR move ? If you think
>> it is a bad PR move, why is it "another bad PR move", ie. what was the
>> previous bad PR move ?
>> [...]
>
>Let's just say Andrei isn't known for being "dainty" about hot-button
>issues.
>It seems clear that he is implicitly advocating his policy-based design over
>the current "monolithic design" of boost::shared_ptr<>.  That's what makes
>it PR.  I think a look through the Boost archives is enough to demonstrate
>toes getting stepped on during other "discussions". ;)  Of course, I think
>he's just a little more cynical than necessary; but I can identify with his
>attitude.

And I would still be happy to see a proposal for a policy-based
smart pointer, even though I was never sold enough on the policy
concept to change the work already in progress on shared_ptr.
The future of smart pointers may well lie somewhere in Andrei's
direction, but to be a part of Boost or the standard there has
to be a concrete proposal.