Re: [boost] Request for technical notes

From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-07 12:21:03

From: David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]>
> "John Calcote" <jcalcote_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> > For those of us interested in learning more about the language, and
> > more about boost classes and the rationale behind the implementation -
> > and for those of us who simply don't have the technical background to
> > "just know" the answer at a glance, as I'm sure some of you
> > contributors do - why not provide a simple rationale for adding a
> > particular member function to a particular class?
> 
> Rationales are central to Boost documentation:
> http://www.boost.org/more/lib_guide.htm#Rationale_rationale
> 
> That said, I don't think any of us is going to try to provide
> rationale on a member-by-member basis.

Books and articles have been written on Boost libraries, too.
Those can often bridge the gap.

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