Re: [Boost-users] [Fit] upcoming formal review for Boost.Fit

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Fit] upcoming formal review for Boost.Fit
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-02-28 13:22:35

On 2/27/2016 11:16 AM, Vicente J. Botet Escriba wrote:
> Dear Boost community,
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> The formal review of Paul Fultz II's Fit library starts on Wednesday, 2nd March and ends on 13th March.

How do I generate the docs or run the tests for my local copy of Fit ?

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> Fit is a header-only C++11/C++14 library that provides utilities for functions and function objects.
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> Fit is:
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> - Modern: Fit takes advantages of modern C++11/C++14 features. It support both `constexpr` initialization and `constexpr` evaluation of functions. It takes advantage of type deduction, variadic templates, and perfect forwarding to provide a simple and modern interface.
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> - Relevant: Fit provides utilities for functions and does not try to implement a functional language in C++. As such, Fit solves many problems relevant to C++ programmers, including initialization of function objects and lambdas, overloading with ordering, improved return type deduction, and much more.
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> - Lightweight: Fit builds simple lightweight abstraction on top of function objects. It does not require subscribing to an entire framework. Just use the parts you need.
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> Fit is divided into three components:
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> * Function Adaptors and Decorators: These enhance functions with additional capability.
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> * Functions: These return functions that achieve a specific purpose.
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> * Utilities: These are general utilities that are useful when defining or using functions
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> Fit has been tested on gcc 4.6-4.9, clang 3.4-3.7, and Visual Studio 2015.
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> For more information see:
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> Github:https://github.com/pfultz2/Fit/tree/boost
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> Documentation:http://pfultz2.github.io/Fit/doc/html/
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> Note that, as Fit is a functional library, the semantic of the functions is given in the form of `equations` instead of the classic effects, returns schema. This is because most of the functions have no side effects.
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> E.g. the semantic of the function flip is defined as
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> |assert(flip(f)(x, y, xs...) == f(y, x, xs...));|
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> and the semantic of compose as
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> |assert(compose(f, g)(xs...) == f(g(xs...)));|
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> We await your feedback!
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> Best regards,
> Vicente J. Botet Escriba
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> P.S.
> Paul, now it is time to freeze the version that will be reviewed. I suggest you to create a branch on which you could fix the review issues.