3 Nov
2008
3 Nov
'08
10:55 a.m.
On Mon, 3 Nov 2008, Svein Ove Aas wrote:
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Andrew Coppin
In my opinion, what we should have is
1. An interface that is guaranteed-safe, no matter how inefficient that is.
2. An interface that is guaranteed-efficient, no matter how unsafe that is.
3. It should be extremely easy to switch from one to the other.
You write your code against the safe interface, test it until you're happy with it, and then switch to the fast interface.
Sounds good to me.
I think it is a good idea to switch this feature on and off by a compiler switch. It does not alter the correctness of a program. If the program is incorrect, the switch does only affect the way how the program goes wrong.