Re: [boost] [serialization] Notes from a new boost user

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-01 18:07:13

"Michael Behrns-Miller" <m_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> David Abrahams wrote:
>>> "Michael Behrns-Miller" <m_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>>
>>>> 2) The new "const required to save" restriction bit me, took a day or
>>>> two to work through the mailing list and #boost to figure out the
>>>> problem.  Is
>>>
>>> Did it prevent a bug, or did it just cost you 2 days of your valuable
>>> time?
>>
>> Were you not tempted to just use "const_cast"? Why not?
>
> I temporarily tried it and got it to work, but that wasn't an acceptable
> solution to me.  I hate casting, immediately makes me reassess the design.
>  Which I did, which led me to the answer.  :P
>
> I expected to have ramp-up time with boost.  I probably spent a day
> fiddling with bjam, a half day figuring out to include boost libraries,
> and a day or two on the const issue.  Not full days, just poking around in
> my spare time.  I got everything working under vc71 and gcc 3.3.5 way
> before getting frustrated, so I was happy.

So did it prevent a bug, or just cost you time?

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Dave Abrahams
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