Re: [Boost-users] Re: date-time

David Abrahams wrote:

"Peter Dimov" writes:

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Victor A. Wagner Jr. wrote:

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why would you want such a thing?

Typically, in order to let generic code that needs a default constructor to work unmodified on date/time values.

Is there much generic code out there that works only on default constructible objects whose other concept requirements are satisfied by dates?

I can only give one example: serialization. The real question is: do the benefits (none from my POV) gained by _not_ supplying a default constructor outweigh the disadvantages?