Re: [boost] Boost::Format add-on

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost::Format add-on
From: vicente.botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-17 15:10:38

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan Gallagher" <ryan.gallagher_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [boost] Boost::Format add-on

> 
> Joel Falcou <joel.falcou <at> u-psud.fr> writes:
> 
>> 
>> Who is in charge of Format maintenance ?
> 
> Sorry, but I don't know.  Just some comments on what's proposed.  
> Also, you might post a patch to trac.  It's too bad boost 
> doesn't have something like reviewboard setup for proposed patches. 
> http://code.google.com/p/reviewboard/
> 
>> I would like to propose a simple patch to add an accessor to
>> the number of arguments expected by the formating :
>> 
>> int args() const { return num_args_; }
> 
> I'm not a fan of this name and think that more should be done.
> For the method name, I think "num_expected_args" would be better.
> Further, "num_bound_args" and "num_remaining_args" may be nice to
> have.
> 
> Finally, I'd like to see better documentation on the already
> existing "size" method.  It's somewhat buried in the html 
> documentation and the header docs are not as clear as they should be.

Hi,

you might post a patch to trac ;-)

Vicente