Re: [boost] [review] Review of PolyCollection starts today (May 3rd)

Subject: Re: [boost] [review] Review of PolyCollection starts today (May 3rd)
From: Adam Wulkiewicz (adam.wulkiewicz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-05-13 00:22:58

Gavin Lambert Via Boost wrote:
> On 9/05/2017 01:48, Adam Wulkiewicz wrote:
>> I noticed that in the documentation a word "container" is used WRT poly
>> collections. AFAIU this is not correct because poly_collection doesn't
>> meet the requirements of C++ container as defined in the standard, i.e.
>> allocator_traits<allocator_type>::construct should be called only for
>> the element type (23.2.1.3)
>
> On that note, do you know of a more-comprehensible-than-standardese 
> guide on how allocator_traits is supposed to be used for node-based 
> custom container types? I've tried to figure it out a couple times but 
> I'm sure I'm missing important points. 

No, sorry, I'm not aware of any literature regarding it, though it 
doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I don't consider myself an expert in this 
area.
I'd suggest to check out several STL implementations and 
Boost.Container's code for hints.

Adam