Re: [boost] [website] Proposal for new page - Libraries By Type

From: Aleksey Gurtovoy (agurtovoy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-20 23:48:01

Beth Jacobson writes:
> I think this categorization is the best I've seen so far (mine 
> included). I'd like to see no more than 7-8 major categories though, to 
> make the list seem more accessable and browsable. 

Seems like an arbitrary limit to me.

> How about if we 
> grouped some of your categories like this:
>> 
> ** Language Enhancements (change the one below to "C++ Core Enhancements")
>> * Language Enhancements - libraries that make the standard C++ core
>>   language easier and safer to use, or extend its capabilities in
>>   "language-like" ways.  Many relieve common frustrations of
>>   programmers with the C++ language.
>> 
>>     Datatypes: variant, optional/in-place-factories, tribool, integer
>> 
>>     Language extensions: foreach, enable_if, parameter, ref
>> 
>>     Safety: conversion, value_initialized, checked_delete,
>> 
>> * Standard Library Enhancements - libraries that make the standard C++
>>   library easier and safer to use or extend its capabilities in
>>   evolutionary ways.  Many relieve frustrations commonly encountered
>>   when using the standard library (see also Functional Programming)
>> 
>>     IO: io state saver, iostreams, format
>> 
>>     Containers/data structures: 
>>       assign, pointer container, array, bitset, multi_index,
>>       multi-array, tuple
>> 
>>     Iterators: iterators, next/prior, range
>> 
>>     Algorithms: minmax
>> 

How does adding a level of hierarchy make things "more accessible"?
For me, it's quite the opposite: it increases chances that I'll have
to browse through insides of several categories because the top-level
names are so generic that the library I'm looking for could be in half
of them. 

-- 
Aleksey Gurtovoy
MetaCommunications Engineering