[C++-sig] Re: New indexing suite nearing review readiness

[Joel de Guzman]

Raoul Gough <RaoulGough at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> "Joel de Guzman" <joel at boost-consulting.com> writes:

>>> Well, the only trouble is that the interface is different. From the
>>> activity in this group, there are already a number of people using the
>>> existing code, so I was thinking about providing a transition
>>> period. By the sounds of it, you would prefer a clean break? I suppose
>>> people can always use the older versions from CVS if they really have
>>> to.
>> 
>> I don't think the new interface is too great a departure from the
>> original, is it?  Anyway, would it be possible to have a transition
>> API that mimics the old interface?
> 
> OK. Thinking about this, the only real problem is the proxy support -
> since it now relies on an external "container adapter", the suite
> can't provide proxying internally. It might be possible to use
> something like the pointer mapping in the existing proxy code to
> inject a container proxy in place of the plain container. It would be
> less work for me *not* to do this, of course. How valuable would this
> compatibility be?

If it's more than a few minutes work, then I'd say forget it. The question is:
would people object to an interface change? I won't object at all.
Objections? Comments?

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