Hi John,
I guess from an end user POV the tools part is the least important, while special functions are important BTW because we can't get a complete Boost.TR1 implementation without them.
This, I would argue, lends support for the idea of breaking things up a bit. If some or most of the special functions are essential for TR1, perhaps that portion of the review should be fast-tracked to move things forward on that front. The tools, I am sure, will be of interest, but things like root-finding and optimization are huge areas of interest in their own right and will benefit from the input of people with expertise in optimization, for example. Keeping them an implementation detail for the moment would give us much more design flexibility to accommodate the outcome of those discussions. Matthias ---------------------------------------------------------------- Matthias Schabel, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research 729 Arapeen Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84108 801-587-9413 (work) 801-585-3592 (fax) 801-706-5760 (cell) 801-484-0811 (home) matthias dot schabel at hsc dot utah dot edu ----------------------------------------------------------------