Re: [boost] [Review] UUID library (mini-)review starts today, November 23rd

Subject: Re: [boost] [Review] UUID library (mini-)review starts today, November 23rd
From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmut.kaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-06 19:30:16

> > > ... And, what should the default constructor do?  Create a null
> uuid
> > > or a unique one?
> >
> > It feels like you are struggling to associate the default constructor
> > with something. :-) You know, you really do not have to. The default
> > constructor has quite a clear meaning. If a class has no
> functionality
> > matching that meaning, that class should not be defining the default
> > constructor and should not be hijacking that constructor for anything
> > else. Convenient? Sure. Good API? Hmm, I am not sure -- a good
> > interface should be saying what it means.
> 
> I also wonder about this usefulness of the default constructor for
> boost::uuids::uuid.  Maybe it should just be left out.

Keep in mind you can't put a uuid into a std container if it isn't default
constructible.

Regards Hartmut