On Tue, 20 Aug 2002 14:59:00 -0500 (EST), Jeremy Siek
<jsiek@[...].edu>  wrote:

> Hi Gennaro,
> 
> On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Gennaro Prota wrote:
> gennar>
> gennar> Anyhow these are the main issues:
> gennar>
> gennar> a) you prefer making all data members (m_bits, m_num_bits,
> gennar> m_num_blocks) and base classes public for compilers that have
> gennar> BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATE_FRIENDS problems. There are 6 (now 5)
> gennar> functions that are involved in this problem: operator==, operator<,
> gennar> operator >, to_block_range and dump_to_string, which need to access
> gennar> the internal representation but are currently not members.
> [snip]
> 
> I respect your opinion, but chose to keep the code as it is now in this
> regard. This is not an important issue and enough time has already been
> spent on it.

I respect your opinion too. My intent was just to suggest what I
consider better for the quality of the code. No problem if you don't
agree, of course. 


> 
> gennar> b) many member functions are still extremely slow and now I don't have
> gennar> enough time to reimplement them.
> 
> Do you not have enough time over the next couple days, or do you not have
> enough time over the next few months? There is no rush. It is not the end
> of the world if all the optimizations do not go out this release. I am
> perfectly happy with the optimizations going in slowly as you or others
> have the time to put them in.


In the next two days. Optimizations require a lot of measurements.
Though some of them are quite obvious it takes a little
experimentation to avoid some compilers' idiosyncrasies. 


[snip]
> There is no last useful day. August 22 is just the next release. There
> will be another release a few month later, and another in a few months
> after that. Also, people can always grab the latest code out of CVS.

Yes. I meant for this release, of course. I'll work at the changes I
have in mind and will send you the code. Considering my current
engagements I expect this to happen some day in the next week.



Regards,
Genny.



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