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Subject: Re: [boost] Removing Bind placeholders from the global namespace
From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-13 14:23:42


Steven Watanabe:
> Wouldn't it be possible to have the placeholders in both
> boost::placeholders
> and in the global namespace and deprecate the ones in the global
> namespace,
> so that the changes don't need to be made all at once?

It would be possible, but I doubt that it would help. The libraries in
general tend to not move away from deprecated functionality unless they
break. So it might be better to just force the change.


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