On 9/14/05 11:33 AM, "Eric Niebler" <eric@boost-consulting.com> wrote:
Jeff Flinn wrote:
That begs the question: do we need Boost.Regex's interface? I'm not up to date on Boost.Regex's status as far as TR1, so maybe it's a done deal already. But it seems to me that xpressive has a broader application domain, and may be a better candidate?
<snip> It's a done deal. The Boost.Regex interface has already been accepted as the TR1 regex interface.
It wouldn't be the first time an interface was accepted into C++ that seemed great at the time, but possibly better alternates were discovered later.... (e.g. valarray vs. expression templates, vector<bool> vs. separate type) -- Daryle Walker Mac, Internet, and Video Game Junkie darylew AT hotmail DOT com