Re: [Boost-users] [ptr_vector]vector<ptr_vector < T > >

From: me22 (me22.ca_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-28 13:30:46

On 28/05/07, Mark Ruzon <mark34_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> I would hope that no one who writes useful algorithms tries to prohibit
> reasonable  actions from taking place just because they're expensive.  It is not
> up to library designers to save programmers from themselves; programmers can
> always write inefficient code if they choose not to think carefully about what
> they're doing.  This is one of the founding principles of the Standard Template
> Library, and one that should continue to guide Boost.
>
>From what he said earlier, it appears Thorsten Ottosen now agrees:
"In 1.35 I plan to change this so all ptr containers can be copied. I
still don't recommend vector< ptr_vector<T> >, but I'll let the user
decide when he wants to copy."

I suppose it's also plausible that SFINAE problems in compilers that
will no longer be supported in 1.35 were partly to blame.