Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] Closing of bug/patch issue

[Dean M. B. <mik...@gm...>]

Hi Glyn!

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Glyn Matthews <gly...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 2008/8/11 Dean Michael Berris <mik...@gm...>
>>
>> Come to think of it, unless we have either examples or documentation,
>> I don't think users will even trust an Alpha version that doesn't have
>> proper (or even improper) documentation. So let's hold that off until
>> we get some decent documentation and examples out. :-)
>
> Right, that was my point.  The more examples the better (they would also
> reveal potential problems with the code), and it would be a good idea to
> have examples to demonstrate why using this library is an improvement on,
> say, the HTTP example given with Asio.
>

Sounds good to me. I'll try to come up with a command-line analog to
wget. That should be a convincing example. ;-)

> Also, I don't think its right to say we have an alpha while having GET but
> not having POST, PUT and DELETE: it is simply incomplete.
>

But we not have POST, PUT, DELETE, and HEAD support. :D

>>
>> Divye/Allister, care to work on the documentation part? :-D
>
> I can take more responsibility for the documentation - I could always do
> with improving my technical writing skills :)
>

Sounds good to me. :D

-- 
Dean Michael C. Berris
Software Engineer, Friendster, Inc.