Re: Boost.Charconv review runs January 15th - 25th, 2024

From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-01-23 17:25:01

On 1/23/24 20:14, Matt Borland via Boost wrote:
>>
>> Can I request that this library flips the defaults, so that
>> boost::from_chars is 100%-compatible with std::from_chars, and you also get
>> boost::from_chars_plus that behaves like strtod?
> 
> Your reasoning is sound, and I have no issue with flipping them. In the docs I can highlight that the default behavior will likely change in the future based on whatever resolution LWG comes up with. 

I think I'd prefer that the "default" interface (that is, the one that
users will likely use by default) to be the one that implements the
"right" behavior (i.e. the behavior people find most useful) and keeps
implementing that behavior regardless of the standard committee
decisions on the standard.

We recently had Boost.Scope review, and in its results it was
highlighted that people generally prefer better interfaces to strict
conformance with the standard. Boost libraries don't have to be strict
implementation of the standard, especially when we can do better.