Re: [boost] Should we provide hot fixes?

From: Marshall Clow (marshall_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-27 09:54:30

At 5:37 AM -0800 8/27/08, David Abrahams wrote:
>on Tue Aug 26 2008, "Robert Ramey" <ramey-AT-rrsd.com> wrote:
>
>>  Marshall Clow wrote:
>>>  I wrote:
>>>>  I was the one that wrote:
>>>>  Basically, you can never remove an interface, because someone,
>>>>  somewhere might be using it.
>>>>
>>>>  but Robert removed the line before that, where I said:
>>>>  But that way lies madness.
>>>
>>>  Another correction (this time on my part).
>>>  I don't know that Robert removed that line; just that someone did.
>>>  Sorry to cast aspersions.
>>
>>  I removed the line by accident, sorry.
>>
>>  Actually, I totally mis-interpreted what you said.  I took it
>>  to mean that the statement suggested that the madness lies
>>  in the idea that you can never remove an interface. If
>>  I understand now, you're in agreement that removing
>>  or changing an existing interface creates a lot of problems
>>  (madness?) and that using a new name is the preferred
>>  method?
>
>I think you had it right the first time.

Dave is correct.
I meant that never removing interfaces is madness.

Anyone remember the interface for iterators before the STL?
        iter = <whatever>
        while ( iter.more ())
        {
        //	do stuff
                iter.next ();
        }

Should iterators still support this - or is it a good thing that 
Stepanov (and others) decided that they had a better way? [ This is 
not just syntax, btw ]
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