Re: Review Manager needed for Boost.Lambda2

From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-09-08 19:18:22

On 2020-09-08 21:35, Vinnie Falco via Boost wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 8:02 AM Peter Dimov via Boost
> <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> I turned this into a mini-library, https://github.com/pdimov/lambda2, and
>> I'd like to submit that to Boost.
> 
> I'll take the reputational hit and ask the stupid questions. Why don't
> we just slip this into Boost.Core or Boost.Utility and call it a day?
> I mean, it is 52 lines...

Boost.Core is a library of components generally useful in other Boost 
libraries (and possibly Boost users). I don't think this new library 
will be widely used in Boost libraries.

Boost.Utility is more user-oriented, but it has more dependencies than 
Boost.Lambda2. So if a user wants Lambda2, he will be encumbered with 
additional dependencies.

Personally, I'd prefer to minimize Boost.Core and Boost.Utility and opt 
for separate libraries, where reasonable. We already have Boost.Lambda 
and Boost.Phoenix, so having Boost.Lambda2 as a separate library follows 
the trend.