Re: [boost] [interfaces] Boost Interface Library (2004?)

Subject: Re: [boost] [interfaces] Boost Interface Library (2004?)
From: Domagoj Saric (domagoj.saric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-11 09:59:36

"Daniel Larimer" <dlarimer_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:8E36E262-2EFC-432C-B21C-CA204E663911_at_gmail.com...

> I think the goal of the interface library should be a more 
> flexible/powerful
> version of "boost::any" that allows you to define the interface of the 
> object
> stored in the 'any'.   In this way it takes type erasure to a new level.
>...snip...
> 2) Provide the ability to define 'dynamic' implementations of an interface
> for calling RPC, scripting language interface, etc.
> 3) Objects that implement 'interfaces' should be long-lasting 'actors'
> where overhead of creating/copying/destroying the interface along with
> any memory usage is of secondary importance to the ease of defining
> dynamic interfaces and achieving 'type erasure'.

It seems you are making the typical mistake of fitting a (very) low level 
library/tool to your particular needs...

In the use cases described in the post to Edward Diener I, for example, have 
no need for (2) and, as such, am not willing to pay for (3)...

Additional power is always welcome when it is optional...otherwise it 
becomes 'inflexibility' and 'bloat'...

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