Christian Schladetsch wrote:
Greetings Arytom,
It is very good to have a good C++ library for DirectX/Direct3D...
But it **does not** belong to Boost that is cross platform project. Project that helps writing good software without vendor lock-in.
Verily, you are not `boost`. I encourage others that are reading this to think for themselves and make their own opinions.
Well, I agree with him. I'm not "boost" either, though.
Boost is about helping coders to make performant applications in C++.
Boost is about helping coders to make expressive, clear, correct, and portable (note that those are all important) applications in C++. Performance is secondary. (See http://www.boost.org/development/requirements.html: "Aim first for clarity and correctness; optimization should be only a secondary concern in most Boost libraries."; "A library's interface must portable and not restricted to a particular compiler or operating system.")
You can just create another library that may be tightly integrated with Boost. But it does not have place in Boost, like many other good C++ libraries that have no place in Boost.
That is not your call.
It isn't your call either. It's the community's. My opinion is that libraries do not belong in Boost merely because they are useful.
That audience not only includes but primarily consists of game developers.
I am skeptical of this assertion. Perhaps most game developers use C++, but that does not imply that most C++ users are game developers.
And they all use DirectX. You wrong. I can give you a list of great games that use OpenGL like:
This is not about OpenGL VS DirectX. I hope I will not get more tired of making this point: I want to help helping people make DirectX appications using C++ and boost.
I don't believe the poster was arguing the merits of OpenGL vs. DirectX, merely pointing out that your assertion that "they all use DirectX" is misleading. As for helping people use DirectX, C++ and Boost together, nothing is stopping you from doing that. A library does not need to be part of Boost to play well with Boost. --Jeffrey Bosboom