Re: [Boost-users] C++ and quality of software

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] C++ and quality of software
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-25 17:03:11

Peter Foelsche wrote:
> I was thinking. There should be some C++ software quality assurance 
> institution. They would give a stamp of approval to software written in 
> C++. Criteria would be:
>  a.. no usage fixed-sized buffers
>  b.. no usage of functions from the c library, which do not check for 
> correct type, like *printf(), *scanf().
>  c.. no dangling resources, no resource leaks in any case
>  d.. usage of C++ Exception Handling for reporting errors (all fallible 
> OS-calls are wrapped into C++, this can be checked by denying read/write 
> permissions on some object, the software is trying to read/write to)
>  e.. clean design -- e.g. no protocols (no protocols is my way of 
> saying, that all methods of classes can be used and make sense to be 
> used, as soon as this object exists)
> What do you think?

I think I can't really see what this is doing on the Boost developers 
mailing list.

As for your question, I think they're all bad criteria except from c.