Re: [boost] compact_optional -- prompting interest

Subject: Re: [boost] compact_optional -- prompting interest
From: Andrzej Krzemienski (akrzemi1_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-09-28 04:23:17

2015-09-26 22:12 GMT+02:00 Nevin Liber <nevin_at_[hidden]>:

> On 26 September 2015 at 11:52, Andrzej Krzemienski <akrzemi1_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
>
> > I am not particularly tied to name compact_optional.
>
>
> I'm strongly against the word "optional" appearing the name, for the
> following reasons:
>
>
>    - optional<int> allows me to use every single value that can be stored
>    in an int.  This doesn't.
>    - optional<string> allows one to shorten the lifetime of the string it
>    holds.  This doesn't.
>    - optional<T> has a nothrow default constructor.  This doesn't.
>
> At best, it resembles optional only superficially.  Please give it a
> different name.
>

Acknowledged.

Regards,
&rzej