[boost] Re: Interesting Boost Implementation Details?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-01-07 11:44:38

Brian Braatz wrote:

> [Brian Braatz] 
> I am biased because I am going to be attending both of those :)
> 
> My thoughts are also biased because, currently, boost.lambda has been
> the focus of my attention recently. (it is also currently my "favorite
> boost library of the month")
> 
> Suggestion:
> 	Take Lambda and tear it apart and show how it works. This might
> be a good subject matter to keep a consistent topic as a foundation for
> covering techniques.

The biggest problem with that is that Boost.Lambda's implementation is
in large part obsoleted by the new stuff Joel de Guzman and friends are
doing with Phoenix-2.  It is supposed to form the basis of a
Boost.Lambda rewrite.  I don't know the details of what's there, but I
imagine a good bit of Boost.Lambda is old technology for which better
solutions exist today.

> The other thing you could do, is borrow the structure of your book, and
> use the same structure for the lecture. This way the attendees could
> then get your book, and have a consistency from the lecture to the book.

That's fine for the other talk (the one on metaprogramming), but the
book isn't about "inside the Boost libraries."

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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