At 05:13 PM 1/27/2003, David B. Held wrote: >"Edward Diener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >b14fuc$hh0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:b14fuc$hh0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... >> "Andrei Alexandrescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> b14cq2$2km$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:b14cq2$2km$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... >> > [...] >> > This is yet another bad PR move, but then I thought, if voicing an >> > opinion around here constitutes a problem, then the problem is not >> > mine. So here goes. >> >> PR stands for public relations AFAIK. Why is it a PR move ? If you think >> it is a bad PR move, why is it "another bad PR move", ie. what was the >> previous bad PR move ? >> [...] > >Let's just say Andrei isn't known for being "dainty" about hot-button >issues. >It seems clear that he is implicitly advocating his policy-based design over >the current "monolithic design" of boost::shared_ptr<>. That's what makes >it PR. I think a look through the Boost archives is enough to demonstrate >toes getting stepped on during other "discussions". ;) Of course, I think >he's just a little more cynical than necessary; but I can identify with his >attitude.
And I would still be happy to see a proposal for a policy-based smart pointer, even though I was never sold enough on the policy concept to change the work already in progress on shared_ptr. The future of smart pointers may well lie somewhere in Andrei's direction, but to be a part of Boost or the standard there has to be a concrete proposal. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
