Re: [boost] [GIL] Can image::recreate reuse the memory?

Subject: Re: [boost] [GIL] Can image::recreate reuse the memory?
From: Christian Henning (chhenning_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-04-28 21:08:40

> I can't see why you prefer dimensions (2 ints) to capacity (1 size_t),
> seems to me that using capacity has both space & time efficiency (i.e. no
> need to recompute total_allocated_size_in_bytes);
>
>
For some reasons I was thinking about int overflow but I realized that
doesn't make much sense. So, I changed the code to your suggestion.

>
> I'm a bit worries of breaking too much code when
> > introducing into boost. What do you think?
> >
>
> It'd be better not to break the API (not sure if ABI matters) so I didn't
> propose the change, instead, we could have another one as I did for myself.
>
>
Yes, ABI changes matter since gil has been part of boost for a couple of
years now.

I made it note for the next gil version.

Regards,
Christian