Re: [boost] 5 Observations - My experience with the boost libraries

Subject: Re: [boost] 5 Observations - My experience with the boost libraries
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-23 18:36:35

AMDG

Thomas Klimpel wrote:
> Stewart, Robert wrote:
>   
>> Tom Brinkman wrote:
>>     
>>> What is the point of having the source code, when it take an
>>> experienced developer many weeks to understand what
>>> the library is doing underneath?
>>>       
>> Write once code is easy to create, of course, but if you can't grok
>>  what's in a Boost library, then don't bother.  Treat it like a black box.
>>     
>
> Ah, the famous black box. I only wish the compiler would also understand that he has to treat the Boost library like a black box when emitting warnings and error messages. For the debugger, I even wish it could understand the semantics of the stored data, so that it could show me the data in a usable and easily readable format.
>   

Perhaps you would find this useful: 
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/DebuggerVisualizers

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe