Re: [boost] [Range, 1.33 release] Documentation

From: Aleksey Gurtovoy (agurtovoy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-04 14:09:37

David Abrahams writes:
> Thorsten Ottosen <nesotto_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>>> >> Also, IIUC, this and other mentions of null terminated strings need
>>> >> to be removed now.
>>> >
>>> > yes, when I get the time or when somebody volunteers (1.33 is out of the 
>>> > question).
>>> 
>>> If the code has changed, you have to change the docs before 1.33.
>>> Otherwise, you have to do the change after 1.33.  I assumed that the
>>> former was the case.
>>
>> the former is the case.
>
> Does everybody think it's okay to release 1.33 docs with the false
> promise that Boost.Range includes special null-terminated string
> support?  That seems very wrong to me, and so avoidable!

Seems very wrong to me as well, especially since the fix could be as
easy as including a prominent one-sentence warning on the library's
main page.

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Aleksey Gurtovoy
MetaCommunications Engineering