On 3/1/06, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:strk@refractions.net">strk@refractions.net</a></b> <<a href="mailto:strk@refractions.net">strk@refractions.net</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 12:10:32PM +0100, Mateusz Å?oskot wrote:<br>...<br>> BTW, I like strk's idea to incorporate Boost libraries to GEOS.<br><br>This won't be a simple process, but I think it's worth starting.<br>What do other developers think about it ?
<br>Is a dependency on boost acceptable ?</blockquote></div><br>I've been an Boost fan almost from its inception. To me, Boost is almost a mandatory library for C++ developers. The reference counting shared pointers are, alone, worth using. Then there's the string handling, mathematical operators, "optional" data types, variant types, a plethora of convenience classes, data/time manipulation, regular expressions, etc. It's a cornucopia of useful things. Once you start using Boost, you won't go back.
<br><br>(I've still yet to convince the qgis folks to make the switch, alas.)<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Mark<br>-- <br>I'm taking reality in small doses to build immunity.<br>