Re: [Boost-users] [review] Fast track review of Boost.Utility/Singleton - rejected for now

From: Ovanes Markarian (om_boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-29 08:15:36

These are very sad news. I started to use it in my current project and am
highly satisfied with it for my current needs. I hope that the interface
(accessing the singleton) would remain the same.

With Kind Regards,
Ovanes

On Jan 29, 2008 1:03 PM, John Torjo <john.groups_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> We've gotten a lot of feedback on the Boost.Utility/Singleton. It's
> clear that such an addition would be beneficial to Boost, but I've
> chosen to reject the library at this time.
>
> Summary:
> - 4 positive reviews
> - 4 negative reviews
>
> Phil Endecott - yes
> Nat Goodspeed - yes
> Dherring[@]ll[]mit[]edu - yes
> Ingolf Steinbach - yes
> Anthony Williams - no
> Gennady - no
> Pierre-Jules Tremblay - no
> Michael Marcin - no
>
> The main concern was that the library is not flexible enough, and that
> it imposes too many things on the users (like, if BOOST_HAS_THREADS is
> defined, the singleton is automatically thread-safe).
>
> I would like to see this into Boost, so I hope Tobias will update the
> library, given all this feedback, and I would suggest another review in
> 2-3 months. I'd like to be the review manager then as well, if Tobias
> will still want me.
>
> Suggestions:
> * Should use policies to specify creation/destruction, access to
> singleton, resurection
>  For creation/destruction, one should be able to have
>  singleton<single_thread<T> >, singleton< synchronized<T> >, singleton<
> thread_specific<T> >
> * example for DLL support
> * more detailed docs
>
>
> As for the next review of the library, I will talk to Tobias, and let
> the review wizard know.
> Thanks to Tobias, for the lib, and to all that participated to the review!
>
>
> Best,
> John
> - Review Manager -
>
>
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