Re: [boost] Re: Re: FORMAL review process not working well?

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-27 09:41:22

John Torjo wrote:
>>> John Torjo wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's so funny, during reviews, everyone comes up with his own
>>>> better version of the reviewed library.
>>
>> For the proposer who has put in much work, it is not so funny ;-(
>>
>>> That's one of the reasons we have reviews, is it not?
>>
>> Better ideas are Boost's strength, but
>>
>> IMO review is the wrong time for radically better ideas -
>> for they are often shooting from the hip, half-baked and in need of
>> much more refinement.
>
> That's what I meant myself. Thanks Paul, I was beginning to think I
> was alone...

This shouldn't be a problem for a carefully designed and refined library. 
The submitter's typical response should be "Yes, I considered this, and 
rejected it because of X, Y, and Z."