On 04/27/2011 04:07 PM, Vladimir Batov wrote:
Jeroen Habraken<vexocide<at> gmail.com> writes: ...
What I am trying to say is that with 'convert' I am trying to give some users *something* and to keep working to satisfy the needs of the remaining users who need more. You, on the other hand, seem to prefer rejecting 'convert' outright and giving everyone nothing. Do you really think it is constructive or beneficial for anyone?
I don't have an opinion on this library yet but hope to find time for a review of it. In the meantime, I thought I would comment on this statement. Variations came up in both the bigint and locale reviews. As I'm sure you know, Boost isn't just a collection of libraries. It strives to be a collection of "expertly designed" libraries. I don't remember "it is useful for some users" as being on the list of reasons to accept a library into Boost. Plenty of perfectly usable libraries have been rejected over the years simply because it could be better. I don't recall "giving everyone nothing" as an argument in the past but it sure has become popular recently.
Since he has abandoned the library I believe it is time for someone to step up and take it to the next level.
How well are you qualified to make statements of that sort? Have you actually talked to the author? Or is it merely your impression, opinion, etc? My take of the situation is different (after I talked to the author and the then maintainer, endured many days of discussions on the list, went through the pain of actually reimplementing what was seemingly within the reach in the form of lexical_cast).
In this same thread that you responded to a few weeks back the current maintainer stated he no longer has time and is happy if someone else can pick it up: <http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/lexical-cast-version-of-lexical-cast-in-1-46-1-is-quite-older-than-in-trunk-td3413661.html> Clearly, that can mean different things to different people; however, if the library has no maintainer and the community decides that the best approach would be expanding lexical_cast to support these added features, then it will happen. Best regards - michael -- In the Sacramento/Folsom area? ** Profesional C++ Training mid-May ** http://www.objectmodelingdesigns.com/boostcon_deal.html Michael Caisse Object Modeling Designs www.objectmodelingdesigns.com