Re: [boost] iterator/transform_iterator.hpp has moredependenciesthan it needs?

From: Michael Marcin (mmarcin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-04 14:52:56

Michael Marcin wrote:
> David Abrahams wrote:
>> "Michael Marcin" <mmarcin_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>>> My work likes to keep a minimal subset of boost in the project tree.
>>> One of the libraries we are using (I can't remember which off hand)
>>> requires transform_iterator.hpp which includes boost/function.hpp.
>>> I noticed when merging in the latest RC updates that I had commented
>>> out this header as it doesn't appear to be necessary and saves me
>>> from bringing yet another library into the mini-boost folder.
>>>
>>> Is this dependency actually necessary?
>>
>> Doesn't seem like it should be.  Why not take out the #include and
>> see what breaks?
>
> I have and nothing seems to break locally but I don't run full
> regressions
> so I'm not sure nothing breaks.
>

Any chance of trying the simple patch for HEAD of deleting line 10 from 
boost/iterator/transform_iterator.hpp that reads:"#include 
<boost/function.hpp>" in the interest of reduced coupling?

Thanks,

Michael Marcin