On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 02:54:46PM +0100, Toon Knapen wrote: > > [snip] > > My only remaining question is : if the STL (used by the developer) already > provides the algorithm (in the std namespace however), would'nt it be better > to reuse it. Maybe that algorithm is written in a way to offer the best > performance with that compiler ?
I agree there could be performance benefits in using the compiler vendor-supplied implementation. I see several issues with using these implementations, however. First, due to the by-definition non-standard nature of extensions, not all compiler vendors implement them in exactly the same way, thus making them non-usable. Even in the case that a single interface is used by many vendors, by immediately assuming that the vendor-supplied implementation should be used when such an implementation exists eliminates the possibility of imlementating the library with a different interface or more functionality. - Jeremy Maitin-Shepard _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
