Re: [boost] Do really property_tree and program_options overlap?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-23 10:15:24

Thorsten Ottosen <thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Pavel Vozenilek wrote:
>> "Thorsten Ottosen"wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>Well, I think we need both. Boost.MultiIndex is a great library and can
>>>do all kinds of wonderful things. But I would still like to see
>>>a bidirectiobal map (boost::bimap) written as a wrapper around it to
>>>get an easy and specialized interface.
>>>
>> 
>> bimap is available in
>>   libs/multi-index/examples/bimap.cpp.
>
> Right, but the real value comes when somebody designs a nice
> STL-like interface and write docs etc, at least that was my point.

IMO Thorsten is exactly right.  This is precisely the sort of thing
that could be added to the library as part of its ongoing maintenance
and development (without review, of course).

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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