Re: [boost] GSOC 2015 : Project on Concurrent Hash Tables

Subject: Re: [boost] GSOC 2015 : Project on Concurrent Hash Tables
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-02-24 10:10:35

On 24 Feb 2015 at 17:30, Amarnath V A wrote:

> I have coded the move constructor and move assignment operator. I am not
> sure how good the code is. (Again, let me reiterate I am new to C++11).
> Will have some time to look at that? Should I share it here in the lists or
> should I send you a private mail?

It wouldn't be appropriate for me as the likely mentor to comment on 
anything specifically until GSoC student applications have closed, 
and then I can treat all submissions equally and fairly. So someone 
else here will have to comment on your work specifically, as I can 
only comment in very general and non-specific terms.

Regarding whether to post here with your effort for the community to 
inspect your work ... well, other candidates you might be competing 
against will see it as well. They may be able to leverage the 
discussion here to submit a better application than you. You may find 
no one here answers, and posting your answer here hasn't benefited 
you at all.

That said, and assuming anyone bothers to review your work, the fact 
you were here so early and asked for help in the right kind of way 
looks very positive, even if your written application compares poorly 
to another. There is also a valid point that if more of the community 
who rank GSoC applications have seen your coding skills now AND your 
coding skills are above average, then the chances are they will rank 
you more favourably.

Similarly, if your coding skills are below average, the community may 
well remember that and penalise you for it. If, however, you react 
really well to critique and show a rapid and marked improvement, then 
that might favour you.

I do apologise for the equivocal answer. I just wanted you to be 
aware that there are risks in either route, but there are also 
benefits. I would say that Boost is an open source software 
community, and its culture and how it judges others reflects that. 
Past that, the decision must be yours alone.

Niall
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