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

From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-22 15:29:42

Marcin Kalicinski wrote:
>>>Even boost guidelines are pretty clear on that, I should not use
>>>other libs unless they provide critical functionality.
>>
>>Where did you find that guideline?
> 
> 
> http://boost.org/more/library_reuse.htm
> 
> "A Boost library should use other Boost Libraries or the C++ Standard 
> Library, but only when the benefits outweigh the costs."
> 
> Perhaps "critical functionality" was an overstatement, but anyway my point 
> remains correct.

OTOH, that quote can be interpreted as just about anything :-)

I think it is important to focus on the interface in the review, but
I also see several benefits of an implementation that builds on 
Boost.MultiIndex:

- fewer bugs like the one Joachin found

- better space efficiency

- exception-safety guarantees are immidiately full-filled (I haven't 
looked, but I suspect that there are several bugs in this area)

Also, Joachin had a *very* interesting idea about flattening quereries 
like "foo.*"

-Thorsten