Re: [boost] Re: Formal review of "Output Formatters" library begins today

From: John Torjo (john.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-21 05:23:04

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> 
>>My real observation is that I see this as orthogonal to serialization and
>>that it should remain that way.  I don't seen any real overlap now except
>>that there might be a couple of instances where either one might do.  I
>>think even these would be rare cases.  I would resist any idea to
>>intertwine these concepts.
> 
> 
> I'm lost. What are "these concepts"? What I propose is that the "serialize"
> method be usable by the outfmt library to generate more usable output. No
> other link between the two libraries is suggested.
> 
I assume you suggest something like:
- if an object can be serialized, use that for output
- if not, use default (operator<<)

This seems ok to me. Reece?

Best,
John

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