[boost] Re: boost::tree advice?

From: Joao Abecasis (jpabecasis_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-30 10:44:08

Hi Dan!

Dan Rosen wrote:
> Hi João,
> 
> Just wanted to send a brief reply. I think you make some good points
> about the diversity of possible node designs, and they're reaffirmed
> by Andreas and David's points as well. I think Andreas has swayed me
> to explore Jeff Mirwaisi's "feature-oriented" tree ideas some more,
> and I think your comments are particularly applicable in that context.
> 
> Have you had a chance to look at the treelib source and docs that
> Andreas posted? I'd be grateful for your opinions on that, since I
> personally have very little experience with that style of programming.

I've downloaded the code but have yet to take an in-depth look. The 
approach looks interesting, to say the least, and as to the 
possibilities it seems very powerful. However I don't think we've got to 
that point of the library design. Well... I haven't, anyway ;-)

IMO, wether, in the end, you go for an all-powerful, adaptable, 
extensible tree that performs optimally for any requirement set and 
scenario, for many different single-purpose trees, or you pick a mix of 
both approaches is not really important, right now.

Perhaps the most important part of a Boost Tree library will be the set 
of concepts it endorses. Coming up with a bunch concepts that doesn't 
limit the implementation possibilities, I think, is the hard part and it 
is where such a Boost Tree library should begin.

Best,

João