Hello, hope it is not too late for my review, but I am a specialist in missing deadlines ;) This review will be somewhat 'fair' on the technical issues that I don't feel to be able to discuss. I just want to report my feelings as a programmer. I mostly code robotics/machine vision tasks and use boost almost everywhere.
What is your evaluation of the design?
What is your evaluation of the implementation? Cannot evaluate the implementation. But following the discussion, I found
As a programmer I find FSM really clean and straightforward for my programming tasks. I have evaluated StateChart but really found it too complex when implementing and everytime switched to ad hoc solutions. that the author has replied consistently showing high knowledge on implementation issues.
What is your evaluation of the documentation? Very good. The author took care to offer a simple introductory example that let you familiarize with the interface very smoothly. The rest of the documentation is then appropriate.
What is your evaluation of the potential usefulness of the library? I believe it is really helpful. Almost in my day to day coding tasks. Following the discussion it is my impression that very few users use boost::statechart (correct me if I am wrong). And everyone uses ad hoc implementation considering it better than FSM. But .. I do not like 'ad hoc' solutions. And I believe that the author of FSM has given strong motivations to the design and implementation of FSM. I had problems in reading the code offered by others while I felt immediately confortable with FSM examples.
Did you try to use the library? With what compiler? Did you have any problems? I am developing a simple FSM for handling a process. Simple states and transitions. I am currently using Xcode 3.1 (apple), gcc 4.0.1. There seems to be problems with gcc-4.2 (the one shipped with apple developer tools) for a missing header but cannot be more precise now.
How much effort did you put into your evaluation? A glance? A quick reading? In-depth study?
Some coding afternoons.
Are you knowledgeable about the problem domain? As a computer science PhD student, I should. ;)
Do you think the library should be accepted as a Boost library? Yes.
again .. hope that my review will be considered. And finally I would like to express my appreciation to the author and all the audience that has participated to the review process, giving me very interesting information on FSM theory and c++ coding. regards, andrea carbone -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-review--FSM-Second-Call-for-Reviews-tp19042336p192405... Sent from the Boost - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.