on Wed Dec 31 2008, "Tom Browder" <tom.browder-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Thomas Klimpel <Thomas.Klimpel@synopsys.com> wrote:
So what would be the advantages of having Loki's SafeFormat library in boost?
As far as I know, nothing in boost relies on SafeFormat. The advantages of adding it to boost include: (1) active maintenance [Loki maintenance interest is fading rapidly] and (2) boost (and thus SafeFormat) is included and supported with many main GNU/Linux distributions.
If SafeFormat has a maintenance deficit as part of Loki, it would have the same deficit as part of Boost. Also, you might want to take a look at http://www.boost.org/development/submissions.html to see whether you can suggest something that fits with the Boost process. Things don't just get added; they have to pass through a review process first. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com