Re: [boost] [Review] GGL review starts today, November 5th

Subject: Re: [boost] [Review] GGL review starts today, November 5th
From: Bruno Lalande (bruno.lalande_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-13 17:14:25

Hi,

>> I think these macros are unnecessary.
>
> You can do without if you don't like them. Besides that, Boost has many
> macro's. Personally I also don't like them too much, but for registration
> purposes they make sense.

Exactly. Macros must be avoided in many cases, but registration is one
of the widely accepted use cases. See Boost.Math default policy
declarations as one of the many examples.

So if the whole point of making a facade that hides the many traits is
just to avoid macros for the principle they're bad, I'm afraid I just
don't feel the need to do that.

>> they do not hide implementation details, or simplify type registration
>> beyond what would be possible without macros.

GEOMETRY_REGISTER_POINT_2D(my_point, double, cs::cartesian, x(), y())

Just to be sure, what does it give with your approach?

Regards
Bruno