Re: [boost] Why use Boost?

"Matt Doyle" <mdoyle@a-m-c.com> writes:

A potential new user needs a way to find out what exactly is in boost. Right now if I want to solve a particular problem and I don't know which library to use, I basically have to drill down through the list and read the overview for each one.

What would you propose as a better system?

Even then there's no guarantee that you'll find "the right thing". Would I have found explicit cast this way? Nope.

Maybe because there is no boost::explicit_cast? -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com