[boost] Review Managers Needed

From: Tom Brinkman (reportbase_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-19 16:23:00

Review Managers Needed

The following libraries will be up for review 
in the next few weeks and require
review manager volunteers.  If you are 
familiar with one of these libraries 
and would like to volunteer, please 
contact me (Tom Brinkman reportbase_at_[hidden]) 
and let me your availablilty.

1) Typeof  	
2) Singleton 	
3) FOREACH Macro 	
4) Function Types 

1) Typeof  	
Arkadiy Vertleyb, Peder Holt  	  
http://boost-sandbox.sourceforge.net/vault/ (typeof.zip)

The proposed Typeof library implements the 
functionality of the non-standard
typeof() operator.  Depending on the 
compiler, it utilizes one of the
following three methods: 1) Forwards to the 
non-standard typeof extension, usually called 
__typeof__, on the compilers where such 
extension is available;
2) Utilises a loophole, available on the 
Microsoft vc6.5, vc7.0, and vc7.1; 3) Emulates 
typeof by the means of template and 
preprocessor metaprogramming
for the compilers that do not fall into 
above two categories, such as vc8.0
beta, etc.  This method is rather portable, 
and can also be used on the
compilers that implement the __typeof__ 
as a language extension, when
compiling with language extensions switched off.
The emulation mode is currently working 
with vc7.1, vc8.0 beta, and gcc
3.3/3.4; The MS-specific trick is 
working with vc6.5, 7.0, and  7.1.
The __typeof__ extension forwarding is 
working with gcc 3.3/3.4 and Metrowerks.

2) Singleton 	
Jason Hise 	
http://tinyurl.com/6qvrd (Singleton)

The singleton library provides multiple 
powerful methods of controlling 
the lifetimes of global resources.  
Client code can choose among the 
many provided methods of creation, 
or can easily write new creators for 
specialized initialization needs.  Client 
code can additionally control 
precisely when a singleton instance is 
automatically created and 
destroyed, can create and destroy 
singleton instances explicitly any 
number of times, and can set up 
dependencies between singletons in an 
easy and natural way.

3) FOREACH Macro 	
Eric Niebler
No description available.

4) Function Types 
Tobias Schwinger
tschwinger_at_[hidden]
http://tinyurl.com/4oe7q

This library provides a metaprogramming facility 
to classify, decompose and synthesize function-, 
function pointer-, function reference- and 
member function pointer types. For the purpose 
of this documentation, these types are 
collectively referred to as function 
types (this differs from the standard 
definition and redefines the term from 
a programmer's perspective to refer to 
the most common types that involve functions).

The classes introduced by this library 
shall conform to the concepts of the 
Boost Metaprogramming library (MPL).

The Function Types library enables the user to:
* test an arbitrary type for 
        being a function type of specified kind,
* inspect properties of function types,
* view and modify sub types of an 
        encapsulated function type with 
        MPL Sequence operations, and
* synthesize function types. 

This library supports variadic functions and 
can be configured to support 
non-default calling conventions.