[boost] Re: Interest in smart pointer with value semantics?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-05 15:38:00

"Dan W." <danw_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Thornsten, I agree with you 99.325%.
>
>
> As a former fellow Eiffel-er, command <-> query separation is my religion.
>
> If you were to look at my C++ code:
>
>
> A) A function that has ANY side-effect whatsoever, inside or outside
> its class, unfailingly returns void.
>
> B) A function that returns anything but void, not only is it
> unfailingly declared const, but you can bet your life-savings on it,
> it is as pure as pure gets --i.e.: "deep_const".

By the way, I'm a big fan of pure functional programming, even in
C++.  None of my previous postings should be construed otherwise.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com