>> Instead of dropping elements when the buffer is full, we might also
>> consider waiting or throwing a failure.
>
>I consider "dropping elements" to be surprising behaviour. If there's no
>policy stuff, then either decide that it will throw, or leave what happens
>to be implementation-defined.
Let's avoid implementation-defined behavior in Boost libraries unless there is some really pressing rationale. When behavior may vary between implementations, it creates both portability and security problems.
--Beman
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