Re: [boost] Why is the boost documentation so bad?

Subject: Re: [boost] Why is the boost documentation so bad?
From: Thorsten Ottosen (tottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-09-08 14:32:40

Den 08-09-2017 kl. 04:21 skrev Florian Lindner via Boost:
> Hello,
> 
> I really love to use boost libraries in my project, but I always wonder, for such an accomplished project, why is the
> documentation so bad?
> 
> A few examples:
> 
> I want to get familiar with http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_65_1/libs/ptr_container/. What do I need to include? Neiter
> the tutorial, the reference or the usage guidelines mention a #include line. This is something which stroke me quite
> often at various boost libs.

While it would help to have the docs upgraded/improved the front page 
has a link to a section called "library headers":

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_65_1/libs/ptr_container/doc/headers.html

Boris Schäling has an awesome online book:

https://theboostcpplibraries.com/

full of nice examples.

kind regards

Thorsten