27 Oct
2004
27 Oct
'04
2:41 p.m.
John Torjo wrote:
John Torjo wrote:
It's so funny, during reviews, everyone comes up with his own better version of the reviewed library.
For the proposer who has put in much work, it is not so funny ;-(
That's one of the reasons we have reviews, is it not?
Better ideas are Boost's strength, but
IMO review is the wrong time for radically better ideas - for they are often shooting from the hip, half-baked and in need of much more refinement.
That's what I meant myself. Thanks Paul, I was beginning to think I was alone...
This shouldn't be a problem for a carefully designed and refined library. The submitter's typical response should be "Yes, I considered this, and rejected it because of X, Y, and Z."