Re: Strategy

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Alex Rousskov
<rousskov_at_measurement-factory.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-09-21 at 22:26 +0200, Kinkie wrote:
>
>> Still, WordList is ready for merging, while String a long way off.
>> It's build-tested, it's run-tested, and it's a fairly straightforward
>> porting of the current codebase.
>> It may be a waste of time in the end, but if it's mergeable, not
>> merging it makes it doubly so.
>
> WordList class, in its current shape, is not something I would like to
> see used in Squid, primarily because it violates several basic
> requirements for a good C++ class. It even violates the only two
> mandatory requirements listed on the Squid3CodingGuidelines wiki page!
> WordList widespread use in the code is an aggravating factor in this
> case.
>
> If others insist that this work must continue now, I may resume the
> review to eliminate the bugs I see. I would very much prefer not to be
> forced to spend time on that because I doubt we need that custom class
> at all.
>
>> Okay, so what next?
>>
>> Should I fix the major issues Alex has mentioned in WordList
>> (documentation and moving out of algorithms/) and merge it, or abandon
>> it?
>
> I do not know what you mean by merging, but my recommendation is to
> suspend your WordList project until we have a better class for a word
> than "char*". At that time, I would return to the question whether we
> can just use std::list or similar.

By "merging" I meant "merging into trunk".
But I will follow your recommendation, and the branch is now abandoned.

I also take your comment as an encouragement to keep on working with
SBuf. If that's not the case, please stop me now, as while I have some
time to devote to squid, time is still too precious a resource to
waste it fruitlessly.

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 /kinkie