Re: [functor] draft proposal

2002-12-16 Thread Rodney Waldhoff
On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Ola Berg wrote: > Comments inline > > > > (1.5) interaction with other packages > > > > Functor's dependencies upon other components and external libraries should > > be minimal. > > ...or 'none'? or 'absolutely minimal'? I think that a separate Functor > package will fail sho

Re: [functor] draft proposal

2002-12-15 Thread Ola Berg
Comments inline > = > [DRAFT] Proposal for a Functor Component > > (0) rationale > > A "functor" is an entity which serves the role of a function but can be > operated upon like an object [Wiki]. It is a common object oriented > design idiom. For exa

Re: [functor] draft proposal

2002-12-14 Thread Stephen Colebourne
Henri wrote: > I can't fault much of your proposal document. It's well put together and > if functor were to be a separate package, would serve well. +1 > I am worried that there is a time/cost to pay for lots of small components > which have to be release managed, bug managed, documented and chec

Re: [functor] draft proposal

2002-12-13 Thread Henri Yandell
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Rodney Waldhoff wrote: > In part of the discussion of his recent proposal, Stephen Coleburn wrote: > > > I am trying to move forward _now_. Creating > > [functor] would involve a sandbox project, > > moving the code again (effectively > > recreating [pattern]), a strong poss

[functor] draft proposal

2002-12-13 Thread Rodney Waldhoff
In part of the discussion of his recent proposal, Stephen Coleburn wrote: > I am trying to move forward _now_. Creating > [functor] would involve a sandbox project, > moving the code again (effectively > recreating [pattern]), a strong possibility > of a one-man project, thus no possibility > of p