On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 08:37, Stewart, Robert <Robert.Stewart@sig.com> wrote:
That you took someone's (strongly expressed?) opinion as "instructions" was clearly a mistake. If they convinced you, then you should stand by the decision. If not, you shouldn't change for their sake. Obviously, researching the list to discover how well received a poster's opinions are and how much in line their suggestions are with existing Boost opinion and practice will help you maximize the chance of acceptance.
+1 Any change a library author makes but doesn't personally agree with -- whether it's the majority opinion on the list or not -- is going to cause problems in the review since the author can't justify it to the inevitible questioning. I stopped participating heavily around version 3 or 4, but a quick look at my history suggests that at various points I suggested signed zeros, not having signed zeros, a policy-based design, and multiple types. If even one person can't be consistent (though I'm sure I had what I thought were good reasons at the time), then there's no way the whole list can be :) ~ Scott