Re: schizophrenic code.

From: chris_baus (chris_baus_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-01 15:05:16

--- In Boost-Users_at_[hidden], Alisdair Meredith <yg-boost-
users_at_m...> wrote:
> chris_baus wrote:
> 
> > The following seems like a battle of wills between two different
> > typing paradigms.
> 
> > std::vector<boost::any> m_schizophrenicCollection;
> 
> 

Let me clarify what I meant by that a bit more.  

I see this as a conflict of wills between the generic and OO type 
systems.  I see boost::any as a paradigm shifter.  We use both OO 
concepts and some generic concepts in our code base and at times it 
isn't obvious when the switch between the two paradigms occurs.

I believe the above code is shifting between the paradigms in a 
subtle way.  

christopher