Re: [boost] [Review] xpressive

From: Pavel Vozenilek (pavel_vozenilek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-21 18:53:54

"Darren Cook" write:

>>Joel de Guzman wrote:
>> Are you saying that we should not accept a library to avoid
>> over-crowding boost? Hmmm, doesn't sound right to me.
>
> I think this is exactly right. Each new library adds to testing load,
> thins out the available maintainers, and increases the overwhelming
> feeling you get when you look at the boost library list.
>
> So a new library should not be added just because it is clever, or
> slightly better at solving some problem than the existing ways. In my
> opinion, it has to be significantly better.
>

While the thread gets offtopic: Boost is here for users.
Internal problems are not of their interest but having
large choice of available libraries is.

/Pavel