Re: [boost] [msm] Review

Subject: Re: [boost] [msm] Review
From: Phil Endecott (spam_from_boost_dev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-04 07:37:53

David Bergman wrote:
> How do you think it feels for new Boost users to encounter two 
> libraries with virtually identical use and interface? I think 
> that is a bad thing in itself, and makes Boost look less coherent. 
> I.e., if these two libraries were up for review now, would we 
> accept them both?

This was discussed just recently in the two geometry library reviews 
(both accepted) and the majority view was that it is a good thing to 
have many libraries even if they overlap.

Phil.