Re: [boost] [gsoc] Pointer Plus Bits Behavior and Interface

Subject: Re: [boost] [gsoc] Pointer Plus Bits Behavior and Interface
From: Brian Bartman (bbartmanboost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-15 12:22:10

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Stewart, Robert <Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> Brian Bartman wrote:
> >
> > Would it be better to make the pointer_plus_bits convertible
> > to a boolean
> > based on the value of the pointer being stored? This would
> > allow it to be
> > more like to a pointer being that you could, as many people do, put it
> > inside of an if statement to check to see if its null.
>
> No.  One could argue that the bits should be evaluated to produce the
> Boolean result as easily as evaluating the pointer.  There are two aspects
> in pointer_plus_bits and they shouldn't be obscured or conflated.
>
>
So what your saying in this one in this email and the one above is that
there is a distinct need for two interfaces. One for the pointer and one for
the bits. Which can be done using the veiw's suggested by Zitat von
Joaquin's response.

I see your point that there is a definite need for multiple interfaces due
to the mixing of different items within the data. It really does leave room
for ambiguity in behavior if you only have one interface.

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thanks,
Brian Bartman