On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 5:26 AM, shunsuke <pstade.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
Giovanni Piero Deretta wrote:
Unfortunately I think that with so few reviews (just mine for now?), the library will have an hard time getting into Boost at this time. Probably the author didn't do a good job at selling it, even if many expressed interest in the past.
If the library were to be rejected, I think that the author should resubmit a just a subset of it for inclusion, which would have a far greater chance to be appreciated and evaluated in a short time.
This subset, IMHO, should concentrate on stateless function objects and should at least contain: <snip/> Other advanced features, like pipability and infix notation (I like this one!) could then be evaluated once the basic functionality has been sold :). So should more hard-core functional capabilities like memoization and the fix point combinator. Support for static initialization of function objects could also come in a second time.
It would be a good idea. But I'm going to give up mainly because of lack of interests and documentation skills.
Well, I wouldn't throw in the towel just yet! I think Giovanni's suggestion to resubmit a subset of the library may be a very good idea. Keep it simple. A simpler library would also be easier to review. You brought up some interesting points in your response to my comments on Tuesday (especially regarding the usefulness of egg::lazy) and I've been thinking about it on and off all week. I believe there may be a real opportunity here, if you don't mind refractoring things a bit. Oh, and I hereby volunteer to help with the documentation, if you like. Actually, I think I might enjoy it! However, be warned: You may need to ping me every now and then, as I tend to wander off. Still, I'm a native English speaker with a writerly predisposition, though I'm often cursed by typos and misspellings, and I'd be glad to help. Daniel