Re: [boost] [iostreams] Thank you to Steven Watanabe

Subject: Re: [boost] [iostreams] Thank you to Steven Watanabe
From: Roland Bock (rbock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-20 09:54:01

eg wrote:
> I just wanted to pass along a big thank you to Steven Watanabe for 
> fixing a ton of bugs in the iostreams library this past week!
>
> According to Trac it appears there are only 13 Tickets left open (and 
> this number was around 34 at the end of the recent bug sprint).
>
> From those of us who use the library, but haven't had the time or 
> wherewithal to tackle these ourselves, this will be very helpful indeed.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Regards,
> Ed
>
Also a big THANK YOU from me!

I had started to dig into the code myself several times and given up due 
to all that macro magic going on there. Personally, I thought that 
re-writing the library without macros might be easier than to fix bugs 
in the current code.

Great job, Steven!

Regards,

Roland