Re: [boost] [Root Pointer] New Documentation

Subject: Re: [boost] [Root Pointer] New Documentation
From: work (Vladimir.Batov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-04-13 05:04:32

On 2016-04-13 16:27, Oswin Krause wrote:
>>> I put emphasis here on the resulting amount of lines of code 
>>> necessary
>>> to implement something because I think that's the most important 
>>> factor.
>>>   I have shown that the implementation of a basic list using root_ptr
>>> takes no more than 30 lines of code.
>> 
>> Hmmm - but I can use std::list<std::shared_ptr<T>> in just one line of 
>> code.
> 
> Read the above as "I can >implement< a basic list by the means of
> root_ptr in 30 lines of code. NOT a list STORING root_ptr.

... And that's a repeated and unfortunate pattern. Every time the author 
gives an example of potentially useful application of root_ptr I feel 
like "why would I want that instead of the existing standard 
components?". The author might well implement a basic list in 30 lines 
but who'd want that when std::list is already available. Could that be 
that root_ptr is 20 years late? :-)