[Boost-users] Re: Loki vs. Boost

From: Pavel Vozenilek (pavel_vozenilek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-29 15:28:39

"Valery Aronov" wrote:

> Is there anything new to this old posting's question (2002) which was 
> never answered?
> Is Loki going to be part of boost one day? Never?
Unlikely. Loki is (AFAIK) not maintained.
Lot of its functionality is already present in Boost.

> To what extent can
> they co-exist in one project?
>
As much as you wish (and your compiler allows).

/Pavel

FYI: small object allocator doesn't help very much.
All standard RTLs do better job.

> Thanks,
> Valery
>
> Hamlet wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm (desperately) looking for a serious comparative review of Loki vs.
> > Boost libraries. Although the differences are quite clear,
> > still it would be nice to see a serious comparison,
> > especially in the features that exists in both places, i.e. smart
> pointers,
> > small obj. allocator, type traits and template meta-programming.
> > Does anybody knows if there exists such a paper somewhere, or
> alternatively
> > have his own insights about the libraries?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ariel