Dieter Rosch wrote: > Hi Joel, > > I disagree somewahat :) > Looks like most on the list do - one man's pain is another man's pleasure I suppose :) > Boost is (IMHO) massively bloated, half the libraries require 2 or 3 of the > others in order to work, which means you essentially need 8 or 10 5-20meg > dlls to use it. I've not found that - on mine (version 1.39, win32/gcc, static, multithread, non-debug), thread is 152KB, system is 21KB, program_options is 675KB. Haven't got the others built at the moment. > For a number of the libraries in boost, there are smaller, > more efficient open source projects available. Vlad's (excellent) > contribution proved this point for me. > I'm in favour of using the most appropriate tool for the job - if there's a better option than boost, then great! I use UT++ instead of boost.test for the same reason.
Are you voting in favour of accepting Vlad's v2 patch? So far I've only seen a few people comment on whether it should be in or not. > Boost certainly has coolness factor, but I see it more as a Proof-Of-Concept > research type library. Yeah, I guess. Regex is TR1 though so it's a standard - was Vlad's alternative TR1 based? > I have just seldom needed (never) > that level of complexity in my much simpler part of the industry :) > No smart pointers? No bind? How can you survive! ;) > They should be developed as add-ons or plug-ins which can be installed should > a > user prefer. Ok, so do you feel this is more of an add-on or does it enhance core UT++? Joel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ unittest-cpp-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unittest-cpp-devel
