From: "Paul A Bristow" <pbristow@hetp.u-net.com>
Like others, I suspect, I have hesitated before expressing views on these useful utilities, as I have no strong views or knowledge, except an incredulity that the LANGUAGE should not have a way of specifying binary input - and that there that this hasn't been mentioned for C++0x. Surely binary has always been MUCH more useful than octal?
Ditto.
Having briefly perused both offerings, and read expert views on them, I conclude that neither is in a polished state, but that both have their merits, and I agree that there is room for BOTH in Boost, and no comelling reason to make a choice.
I therefore support acceptance of BOTH, subject to MAJOR improvement of documentation, examples, rationale, including the pros and cons, and cross reference to the 'other way of doing it'.
I came to the same conclusion, now that I've read through the review threads on the two libraries. My question was why not provide both means in one library? Those that like the balance of forces in the template version better can use that version. Those that prefer the balance in the macro version can use that version. Thus, the two need to be merged inasmuch as possible. At the very least, the documentation can be merged and tradeoffs can be presented to allow for an informed choice between the versions. -- Rob Stewart stewart@sig.com Software Engineer http://www.sig.com Susquehanna International Group, LLP using std::disclaimer;