Re: [boost] Google Summer Of Code

Subject: Re: [boost] Google Summer Of Code
From: Andrew Sutton (andrew.n.sutton_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-18 15:26:55

> > Hello my name is Brian Bartman and I am an undergraduate at Kent State
> > University Majoring in computer science.
>
>
I don't know if you are interested in improving Boost.Bitfield. I had two
> features I wanted to add since long time but I had not time lastly finish
> them. You can find information related to Boost.Bitfield in
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/LibrariesUnderConstruction#Boost.Bitfield
> .
>

Hi Vicente.

I think these would be great components of a "bit-based" proposal. I think
I'd like to see a compact or compressed vector to replace the 1- and 2-bit
color maps in Boost (and generalize the concept), and a compact tuple, which
(I think) is basically what you described for the RGB structure. I think the
pointer_plus_bits may make the project a bit extensive for the summer, but
definitely something to think about as an extension.

On my part, I'd like to see compact_vector, compact_tuple and tools for bit
and bitmask manipulation, with the pointer space reuse being an optional
component.

Would you be willing to mentor?

Andrew Sutton
andrew.n.sutton_at_[hidden]