Re: [boost] [auto_buffer] Interest check: container with preallocated buffer

Subject: Re: [boost] [auto_buffer] Interest check: container with preallocated buffer
From: Jeffrey Bosboom (jbosboom_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-19 14:29:34

Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
>>The "GrowPolicy" template parameter should be named "GrowthPolicy."
>
> Really?

"Grow" is a verb; "Growth" is a noun.  "GrowthPolicy" just sounds better.

>> "optimized_const_reference" would be better named "by_value_type" or
>> something.
>
>>For small types, optimized_const_reference isn't a reference at all, so
>> the name is misleading.
>
>>Better to name it for the usage rather than the type.
>
> But then for large types, "by_value_type" is not a value type, but a
> reference. What about parameter_type or param_type?

boost::call_traits uses param_type.  I haven't looked at the code, so I'm
not sure what you're using it for or if you'd just be able to use
call_traits.

--Jeffrey Bosboom