Re: [boost] [Polygon] What does this error mean?

Subject: Re: [boost] [Polygon] What does this error mean?
From: Stewart, Robert (Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-03 15:34:50

Simonson, Lucanus J
> Stewart, Robert wrote:
> >
> > Concept checking would help immensely -- and was what I thought of
> > immediately upon seeing Lucanus' reply to your initial query --
> > because it would have indicated that std::pair<int,int> was not an
> > interval type.  The documentation would then be able to direct you
> > to the traits specializations needed to satisfy the failed concept.
> > That is so much more helpful than obscure diagnostics from deep
> > within the library.
>
> If the rectangle concept applied a concept check on the
> interval_type defined in its traits and we checked the
> rectangle concept at the interface Phil originally called we
> would indeed get the error sooner and it could provide a
> better description of what was wrong.
>
> I think that it might be handy to provide some concept
> compile time checks that the user can use to verify that
> their traits are setup correctly.  It might be overkill to
> perform concept checking on every interface, however.  A
> simple check is to call the few free functions that directly
> access the traits.  If these succeed all other interfaces
> will be valid.

Each public API that accepts an Interval should assert that the type meets the interval concept.

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Rob Stewart                           robert.stewart_at_[hidden]
Software Engineer, Core Software      using std::disclaimer;
Susquehanna International Group, LLP  http://www.sig.com

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