David Abrahams wrote:
Aleksey Gurtovoy <agurtovoy@meta-comm.com> writes:
You might explore a interface here on boost which did not have the pointer interface,
Over my dead body ;). That's the interface we use here at Meta, and to say that our 'boost::optional' usage is extensive would be an understatement. We don't care for 'get', though.
Having not used optional extensively, I don't have a strong opinion on which interface might be better, but it's been my experience that objections to the pointer interface seem to be moral positions not backed up by any sound technical argumentation.
That's how I see it too. IMO, the pointer interface is just too practical to be dropped in the name of "<add your adjetive here> programmer protection"
That said, moral positions count when they are connected to votes in the committee,
Very good point.
so if there's a general consensus against the pointer interface there, the onus is on those in favor of it to produce sound argumentation in favor.
OK.. here we go. -- Fernando Cacciola SciSoft http://fcacciola.50webs.com/