Re: [boost] Review Request: poly_collection

Subject: Re: [boost] Review Request: poly_collection
From: Ronald Garcia (rxg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-03-02 06:41:51

Hi,

I have added PolyCollection to the review schedule.

Best,
Ron

> On Mar 1, 2017, at 12:32 AM, Joaquin M López Muñoz via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to ask for formal review of (candidate) Boost.PolyCollection, a library providing
> fast containers of polymorphic objects:
> 
> https://github.com/joaquintides/poly_collection
> http://blincubator.com/bi_library/polycollection/?gform_post_id=1643
> http://rawgit.com/joaquintides/poly_collection/website/doc/html/index.html
> 
> Typically, polymorphic objects cannot be stored directly in regular containers and need
> be accessed through an indirection pointer, which introduces performance problems
> related to CPU caching and branch prediction. Boost.PolyCollection implements a novel
> data structure that is able to contiguously store polymorphic objects without such
> indirection, thus providing a value-semantics user interface and better performance.
> Three polymorphic collections are provided:
> 
> * boost::base_collection
> * boost::function_collection
> * boost::any_collection
> 
> dealing respectively with classic base/derived or OOP polymorphism, function
> wrapping in the spirit of std::function and so-called duck typing as implemented by
> Boost.TypeErasure.
> 
> The library compiles and runs succesfully in Visual Studio 2015, GCC 5.2.1 and
> Clang 3.7. Ion Gaztañaga has kindly volunteered to act as the review manager for
> (candidate) Boost.PolyCollection.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Joaquín M López Muñoz
> 
> 
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