"Andrei Alexandrescu" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Leandro Lucarella wrote:
Boost 1.38.0 includes a new library ScopeExit:
http://www.boost.org/users/news/version_1_38_0
This library is based on D's scope(exit) according to the documentation,
see at the end of the link:
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_38_0/libs/scope_exit/doc/html/scope_exit/alternatives.html
Cool. I confess I'm mildly miffed. In the "Acknowledge" section (sic)
yours truly is being acknowledged "for pointing me to scope(exit)
construct of the D programming language." In the Alternatives section
there's an unatrributed link to the ScopeGuard article. My understanding
of ScopeExit looks much more inspired and derivative from ScopeGuard than
a distinct artifact, something that goes entirely unacknowledged.
For some reason ScopeGuard and scope(exit) consistently escapes proper
acknowledgments. Petru Marginean and I introduced the concept in C++ and
argued for its usefulness. I invented the gorram scope(exit) statement for
D, and Walter almost forgot to acknowledge me. And now this. What are you
going to do...
Hey, at least you got explicitely quoted in the page's header:
"...one of the most highly regarded and expertly designed C++ library
projects in the world." - Herb Sutter and Andrei Alexandrescu, C++ Coding
Standards
L.
PS: my god, I remember why I hate c++ and boost.. I've been clean (of C++)
for 1 year now, and it feels great.
