-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robert Collins wrote: > I'd like to raise the STL again as an option for squid3 rather than > NIH'ing a whole bunch of core infrastructure. > > The STL, and boost:: - the STL's 'incoming pipeline' provides a tonne of > really useful tools for efficient data implementations of trees, hash's > etc etc etc. > > Last time the big concern was over readable compiler errors. > > I dont think that has improved hugely over the last 2 years, but I think > that its a net win - there is usually a clear reason for the error if > you read at the top, and the amount of code that we could delete, or > stop writing, is huge.
+1 from me. The only drawback I know of is the possibility that a given platform has no built-in STL, or only a crippled one. Even that should no longer be a problem on any modern version of gcc (2.9.5 was the last "weird" one I knew of. Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 202-558-7113 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE+tlC+gerLs4ltQ4RAnL9AJ9DYOSBNR5sOpspsca/s4Jv3jewoACeOV9R eB66mUfKe4XtvmyxY+7lruk= =uvgP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
