Re: [boost] Re: in/out parameters, codingstylesandmaintenance

From: Joel de Guzman (djowel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-03 00:30:18

Justin M. Lewis wrote:
> Sorry, no offense meant, but, to me, the argument that for this to be
> useful it would have to be applied universally to all things
> everywhere, is ridiculous.  My statement is not ad hominem; the
> comment is directed at the argument, not the person.  It's not even
> strong language.  But, sorry to anyone who might have taken offense.

You are taking it out of context. Please re-read my messages again 
carefully. What I kept on saying is that you can't *CLAIM* that we'll 
all be saved from the "trouble of having to hunt down all kinds of 
functions" with your proposed solution. You can only *CLAIM*
that *IFF* you enforce your solution and apply it universally.
Obviously, you can't. 

Anyway, I'll leave this discussion now. Good luck!

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]>
> 
> 
>> "Justin M. Lewis" <boost_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> 
>>> Again, that's ridiculous.
>> 
>> I don't know if you're still trying to convince people that your idea
>> could be useful to them, but if so I'm not sure that's the way to go
>> about it.

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