Re: [boost] [fixed_string] Designing the contract

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 8:50 AM Vinnie Falco via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 12:44 AM Andrzej Krzemienski via Boost wrote:

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I wanted to indicate that this would in fact still be a controversial move.

You bring up very good points, and I didn't really think much about the Policy approach, because Boost.Container uses it and I simply assume that most Boost libraries are correct as written. Every problem that you pointed out is also surely a problem with Boost.Container then, does static_vector do the wrong thing here?

https://github.com/boostorg/container/blob/dd158987e6bfbb83f82f35d6e34c93577...

I think so, yes. This is a case of not being generic, but instead being vague. As Andrej points out, in many contexts I may not even know what the contract is. Zach