Re: [boost] [Boost Review] Property Tree Library

From: Marcin Kalicinski (kalita_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-19 12:50:14

> I consider this interface most elegant (because ADL also works):
>
> namespace boost
> {
>   template< class Traits >
>   void read_xml( std::basic_istream<typename Traits::char_type>& str,
>                  basic_ptree<Traits>& tree,
>                  int flags = 0 );
> }

The reason why parsers are templated on tree type is that basic_ptree 
originally had more template parameters than now (just the traits), so 
replicating them everywhere looked like a potential maintenance problem.

Marcin