Re: [boost] Review managers wanted for augmented data structures

Subject: Re: [boost] Review managers wanted for augmented data structures
From: Jonathan Wakely (jwakely.boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-03-03 06:56:52

On 3 March 2013 11:03, Vadim Stadnik wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
>> You've claimed the STL makes your containers "illegal" which is an odd
>> claim that I can't agree with. Extending the STL with alternative
>> containers is not just acceptable, I'm pretty sure it was intended by
>> Stepanov et al.
>>
>>
> I do not understand this statement. Because of ".. NOT just acceptable", it
> sounds like Stepanov et al. are responsible for STL being non-extendable,

No that's the opposite of what it says. Try replacing "just" with
"only" if that helps.

What I said is that extending the STL is acceptable, and I believe it
was intended by the designers.