From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-07 12:21:03
From: David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]>
> "John Calcote" <jcalcote_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
> > For those of us interested in learning more about the language, and
> > more about boost classes and the rationale behind the implementation -
> > and for those of us who simply don't have the technical background to
> > "just know" the answer at a glance, as I'm sure some of you
> > contributors do - why not provide a simple rationale for adding a
> > particular member function to a particular class?
>
> Rationales are central to Boost documentation:
> http://www.boost.org/more/lib_guide.htm#Rationale_rationale
>
> That said, I don't think any of us is going to try to provide
> rationale on a member-by-member basis.
Books and articles have been written on Boost libraries, too.
Those can often bridge the gap.
-- Rob Stewart stewart_at_[hidden] Software Engineer http://www.sig.com Susquehanna International Group, LLP using std::disclaimer;