Re: [Gnash-dev] Boost pointer containers

[strk]

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 09:16:22AM +0200, Benjamin Wolsey wrote:
> What do we think about using boost::ptr_container in Gnash? The reason
> they weren't used before is that they required the separate
> serialization library up to boost 1.34. However:
> 
> 1. Practically no one uses boost 1.33 any more, and the dependency was
> removed in 1.35.

I have 1.33.1 on a Debian 4.0, but that's one of the machines
I never built gnash on.

Main development host is an Ubuntu 8.10 with 1.34.1

> 2. Anyone who still does use 1.34 or earlier could just install boost
> serialization and it would still work fine.

Both Debian 4.0 and Ubuntu 8.10 does have a libboost-serialization-dev
package.

> It would make certain parts of Gnash code where we store pointers in
> containers much cleaner, easier, and safer, so I'd like to use it. Any
> thoughts?

Would be nice to hear from embedded system guys, as that's where an
additional separate library might hurt more. For me simplicity and
maintainability are good. Would we get an easier switch to by-pointer
PropertyList with that ?

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