Re: [boost] [GSoC] Advanced data structures library

Subject: Re: [boost] [GSoC] Advanced data structures library
From: Andrew Sutton (andrew.n.sutton_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-29 08:50:26

> I'm new to this community. My name is Rui Gonçalves and I'm thinking about
> submitting an application to Boost in Google Summer of Code.

Hi Rui,

I already looked in books for some more obscure details of each
> algorithm, and haven't found anything excessively difficult. This
> seems a rather simple project (although I recognize it can take some
> time). Is there some convention or requirements for data structures in
> Boost? Is there any difficulty that I should be aware of but didn't
> notice, or any detail about GSoC that I should know? (I'm new to that
> program and I feel kind of lost).
>

This project is definitely more time consuming than difficult, although
getting the interfaces "just right" can be quite challenging. Boost doesn't
really have any conventions beyond what's posted here [1].

If you haven't already, you might look here [2] for hints on writing good
proposals.

Andrew Sutton
andrew.n.sutton_at_[hidden]

[1] http://www.boost.org/development/requirements.html
[2] https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/SoCHints