Re: [boost] Questions about upcoming review of Boost.AFIO

Subject: Re: [boost] Questions about upcoming review of Boost.AFIO
From: John Maddock (jz.maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-05-20 14:12:44

> Question: Given the API will so radically change, is now the time for
> a community review? Do note that APIBind allows me to support the
> existing API and the new API concurrently without issue.
IMO, no it's not - because it's mostly the interface and the design that 
gets reviewed.
>
> 2. AFIO requires APIBind which is a separate library. APIBind is not
> yet in the review queue and it is pending me writing up its
> documentation and a more useful unit test suite. Is this a problem?
> Do note that you the user of AFIO will never need to know about
> APIBind, it is entirely an internal implementation detail.

Implementation details that may or may not get spun out to separate 
libraries later are fine, and there is precedent for this in past reviews.

HTH, John.