[boost] Re: FORMAL review of "Output Formatters" - votes needed

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-24 15:28:43

> Dear boosters,
>
> There's been quite a hot debate about "Output Formatters" library.
>
> Reece has provided some input facilies in this library as well.
> This has drawn people to either sides: some don't want these input
> facilities, while others do.
>
> To conclude, I would like to ask you to vote:
> - "Yes" - in favor of Input facilities
> - "No"  - don't want Input facilities.
>
>
> My personal vote is "No".
> Please share your own.
>
> Best,
> John
>
> Review Manager

My vote is NO. Would I want library like this, it should be output only. To
parse complex input I could use Spirit. To parse any input format that
should coincide with output format I would use serialization lib.

Gennadiy.