On 08/10/2024 21:12, Vinnie Falco via Boost wrote:
On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 12:59 PM René Ferdinand Rivera Morell via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
Given how this tool generates code that is directly part of Boost libraries I think a review would help in getting approval that it does things in a way that authors will accept.
Neither approval nor acceptance from "authors" is necessary. Authors express their dislike of pretty_printers by not using the tool. Library authors have traditionally been free to style their code however they like. Robert for example is free to use C++98isms in his Serialization library, and I will defend the right to do so to the death (his not mine). As long as there is even one author who wishes to use pretty_printers in their already-accepted library, then the tool should be added to the Boost Project without any need for a formal review.
As far as I can tell, most if not all of the tools in Boost were added without a formal review.
I put auto_Index through review - I believe it helped to make it more usable. However, the standard for acceptance, and level of review may well be different given that this is not user-facing code. Just my 2c, John.