Re: [Boost-users] Documentation for Boost Range

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Documentation for Boost Range
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-05-16 13:30:58

On 5/16/16 9:59 AM, Christian Aichinger wrote:
> On 16.05.2016 17:01, Robert Ramey wrote:
>> On 5/16/16 2:08 AM, Christian Aichinger wrote:
>>> I wrote full, self-contained code examples
>>> for each function in Boost Range. They are available at:
>>>
>>> https://greek0.net/boost-range
>>
>> This looks like a good effort.  Are all the examples tested with a boost
>> build script?
>>
>> I would like to see the author of boost range take a serious look at
>> this to consider adding these examples (and tests there of) to the
>> documenation of the range library.
>
> [CC'ing Neil: would you be interested in this?]
>
> They are built using a Makefile; the "Output" section below the examples
> is auto-generated by compiling and executing the code. There is
> currently no provision to test that the output matches the expected
> output, but that could be added.
>
> I've put the source code up on Github:
> https://github.com/Grk0/boost-range-for-humans
>

Hmmm - maybe you might consider the following idea

fork the boost range project

integrate your examples into the current documentation on your fork

submit a PR to the author.  If he likes it or maybe he'll just
pull it into the main project - problem solved !!!

> Regards,
> Chris