Roland Puntaier said: (by the date of Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:21:48 +0100)

Is there an answer as yet? It would be a pity if accepted libraries did'nt find its way into the boost release.

Hi, I got a private reply from Matthias. I hope that he will not consider this indiscreet if I forward his answer here... Matthias Schabel said: (by the date of Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:37:22 -0700)

Hi Janek,

Thanks for the encouragement. Unfortunately, I think it is highly improbable that I will be able to make needed final changes to the code and documentation in time for a 1.35 release. My wife is a senior orthopaedic surgery resident who is 8.5 months pregnant and I am a junior faculty member who needs to complete my NIH R01 grant application by the deadline in early February. The list of changes to be done is relatively small, and I hope to be able to focus some effort on the library in time for the 1.36 release - I believe there is a growing focus on shortening the cycle time. The copy in the Sandbox SVN should have a fairly stable interface, except for the metric prefixes which need to be converted to dimensionless quantities and the non-SI units which need attention. Otherwise, from the end user standpoint, there is unlikely to be major change. Is there a particular reason why you need this to be in the formal Boost release immediately? I would be happy to have another extensive use case to shake out final issues before letting it out in the wild...

Best Regards,

Matthias

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