[boost] Some FC++ comments

From: Miroslav Silovic (miro_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-28 10:38:01

Well, nobody posted anything definite on FC++, which is a pity, since I 
find this library potentially very useful. Here are some comments. 
Caveat: I haven't extensively used the library, but I have quite a bit 
of experience with functional programming. I won't comment on the naming 
scheme or the docs - that was covered in the original post.

First, FC++ duplicates Boost::bind with its currying. Are there any 
plans to reuse the Boost code for this? Boost::bind seems more powerful 
and general, in that it can take functions with any arity and bind any 
argument(s).

I think FC++ could profit from pluggable memory management, perhaps as a 
policy parameter. In particular, zonal allocation could allow one to do 
away with refcounting for calculate-and-exit trips into FC++ code (where 
you just carve small chunks from a list of memory pages, then nuke the 
entire block once you're done with the calculation).

One interesting Haskell feature that FC++ doesn't have are monadic 
arrays. Are there any plans to communicate with writable STL containers 
using monads?

I also couldn't find any reference to tuples in the docs. Is there any 
support for them? (This could be a low-hanging fruit, since Boost 
already has tuples).

    Miro