On 05/03/2011 18:47, Phil Endecott wrote:
Chad has posted a number of outbursts like this in the last few days.
I am partially responsible for this. I used too many superlatives because I wanted to put Chad in front of the problems in his library -- or rather what I consider to be problems.
It seems to me that they are unjustified: this particular response was, according to how Chad himself has quoted the thread, in response to the comment "I don't see how that requires virtual inheritance". I don't think anyone has yet agreed with Chad that virtual inheritance is the right solution here; it certainly looks mighty odd to me. Yet that criticism sends Chad off the rails.
We can't go on like this. I propose that the review be stopped now. There should already be enough input for the Review Manager to make a decision. If we carry on, this list will turn into the sort of "flame fest" that we all know happens elsewhere, but not normally in Boost.
Surely that's not really needed. I will not be taking part in this discussion any more to avoid it to further degenerate.