Re: [boost] [xint] Boost.XInt formal review (Chad Nelson)

Subject: Re: [boost] [xint] Boost.XInt formal review (Chad Nelson)
From: Gordon Woodhull (gordon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-05 13:00:06

On Mar 5, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Phil Endecott wrote:
> We can't go on like this.  I propose that the review be stopped now.  There should already be enough input for the Review Manager to make a decision.  If we carry on, this list will turn into the sort of "flame fest" that we all know happens elsewhere, but not normally in Boost.

I disagree.  There is a personal quarrel between Chad and Mathias that carried over from the Unicode string discussion, which they need to resolve.  Otherwise, I think the review has been civil and should continue.

In particular, I don't think the debate between a fully encapsulated class and a division between algorithms and data has been fully argued by both sides.  IMO (not being much of a math guy but big on abstractions) this is the most important issue.

Cheers,
Gordon