Hi,

2009/12/14 Dean Michael Berris <[email protected]>

> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Glyn Matthews <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > 2009/12/14 Dean Michael Berris <[email protected]>
> >>
> >>
> >> Right. The request_header is definitely just a struct (or a POD). :)
> >
> > I think it's not a POD because it contains members that are of type
> > `std::string`.
> >
>
> Hmmm... That's odd. GCC 4.4 doesn't complain with the use case. I
> think this is still valid if it's not a POD because it allows for
> "static" initialization. I remember std::string can be statically
> initialized (as in, during compile time) which is why this works.
>

I'm not a language lawyer but as I understand it PODs have a trivial default
constructor, which doesn't apply to `std::string`.  But as you explain,
maybe you don't need it to be a POD to work.

>
> > I think nested classes could be a better approach, they will use the same
> > tags as the server class anyway.
> >
>
> I agree. However that would break code that's already using
> http::request for the client -- unless i typedef http::request to be
> by default http::basic_client<...>::request which is just ugly. That
> said, I think we can still afford to break backwards compatibility
> because, well, we're header only --  and breaking changes will cause
> users to actively upgrade their usage. <insert evil laughter here> :D
>
>
IMO, we shouldn't be afraid to break backwards compatibility at this stage
in development if the improvements are really valid.

Regards,
G
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