Re: [boost] [gsoc]built-in support for dictionary words

Subject: Re: [boost] [gsoc]built-in support for dictionary words
From: Vicente Botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-28 12:39:46

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From: "Phil Endecott" <spam_from_boost_dev_at_[hidden]>
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Subject: Re: [boost] [gsoc]built-in support for dictionary words

> 
> kannan venkat wrote:
>> Hi ,I am a student applying for GSoC 2009. I had an idea of providing
>> inbuilt support for English words found on the dictionary.
> 
> There was a thread a few days ago about Bloom filters, did you see 
> that?  Several people expressed an interest.  I think that a Bloom 
> filter would work well for the problem you describe i.e. checking 
> password strength.  Is this the sort of thing that you have in mind?  
> For substring searching things get more complicated e.g. suffix trees.  
> I guess there would be interest in that too, if it could be done in the 
> available time.

As you know I would like to see Bloom Filters in Boost.

It would be great if this support for dictionaries come with them.

Vicente