Re: [boost] [GSoC] Patterns - interest check

Subject: Re: [boost] [GSoC] Patterns - interest check
From: Kornel Kisielewicz (kornel.kisielewicz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-04-06 13:10:59

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Mathias Gaunard
<mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Kornel Kisielewicz wrote:
>
>> Mind you, I'm not trying to convince anyone to the creation of a new
>> Boost.Patterns library (although I'd really like to do that if
>> possible), instead I'd like to ask you if there's a viable GSoC
>> proposal in this post, one that one day might turn into a useful part
>> of boost.
>
> I suppose there could be, but I'm not really convinced by the patterns
> you're proposing.

Suggestions for others really welcome!

> I'd be more interested in tools and utilities that factor the common idioms
> as mixins or macros than in the GoF patterns.

I was thinking on those lines too, I wonder however how many useful
mixins could one come up with. Most of the most useful ones can't be
implemented in C++ cleanly, or are already covered by C++11.

Any ideas?
-- 
regards,
Kornel Kisielewicz