[Effective-cpp] Item 3: The String Formatters of Manor F

[Paul Grenyer]

Peter

> No, not difficult, just time consuming. I don't want to say that the
> result is self evident and I don't want to brush it off, but when I have
> explained it to people on courses or in private conversation it takes
> some time. If I had more time (and I may have tomorrow, but at the
> moment I can't tell) I would try to lay it all out on the table for you.
> As it is, I am trying to rely on your familiarity with the domain and
> provide pointers: there is no intent at being elusive or hand waving, I
> am just delegating ;-) I am also hoping that others can contribute where
> I do not have the time to -- there are more than a couple of people on
> this list, I know you're out there being studiously silent!
>
> I would be interested in seeing concrete examples of where ADL has made
> the development of systems easier. I guess it would also have helped if
> Herb had included an item on ADL in Exceptional C++ Style ;-) We would
> then have had a more concrete starting point and a more concrete item
> around which to discuss. But that's not a problem with the book, just
> the direction of the discussion! For want of a concrete starting point
> -- "ADL is a bad idea" vs "ADL is a good idea" doesn't really qualify -- 
> I suspect we may be talking past one another.

Perhaps you could write up what kevlin (assuming he finds the time) provides
for CVu....?

Regards
Paul

Paul Grenyer
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