Assignment Library Review Result Thanks to Thorsten Otteson for creating the Assignment Library. Review Comments: * Participation by boost members in the review was minimal, but the comments were generally constructive. * Considering that library is relatively small and the scope is fairly limited, less than normal review participation by boost members is to be expected. * The basic functionality of the library relieves the c++ developer from typing redundent c++ code for inserting/appending hard-coded data into containers. * Some issues about how the library is organized remain, but are easily resolved by seperating the headers and removing global dependencies. * There are many issues regarding the advanced functionality of this library that were not resolved during the review period. An additional review period should be provided to discuss advanced/optimized techniques for container population. * The name of the library should be changed. The name 'Assignment' does not fully describe the functionality of this library and could be improved. Review Conclusion: This library should be accpeted into boost under the following conditions: 1) Add a header file for each wrapped stl container. One header file containing all of the commonly used headers should also be provided. 2) Remove the global += operator. 3) Rename routines to reflect whether they are initializing, appending or inserting data. 4) Move all routines that extend boost libraries to the examples folder. 5) Documentation should broken up into a basic section and advanced section. 6) Documentation should add a short description about the advantages and disadvantage of each method provided by the library. 7) The library needs to add a boost test file. 8) Routines provided by the Assignment library having boost dependencies will require additional discussion during the post review period. 9) Basic library useage should not require any boost libraries outside of the boost::asignment library headers itself. 10) The techniques provided in the basic functionality of the library may not be optimal. Consideration of techniques for advanced generalized container initialization should be made. A post review period will be required to address advanced library useage. Thanks again and congratulations to Thorsten Otteson for creating a useful set of routines for the boost community. Review Manager, Tom Brinkman __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25� http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash