Re: [boost] [thread] Integration with Chrono and DateTime

Subject: Re: [boost] [thread] Integration with Chrono and DateTime
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-10-16 02:35:33

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> on Fri Oct 12 2012, "Vicente J. Botet Escriba" <vicente.botet-AT-wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
>>>> Any addition code has its influence on how the library could evolve. I
>>> really would prefer to remove these interfaces for Boost 1.56. I think that
>>> 1 year and a half is enough time to move to the new interface.
>>>
>>> Then I think library decoupling is the right way even more.
>>>
>> You are surely right, but this is not a priority for me. What others think?
>
> In general I'm all for decoupling, but in the case of Chrono I wonder if
> it's worth the trouble, since it is, after all, standard in C++11.
> Also, I bet C++03 implementations are going to start shipping with
> approximations for all the C++11 libraries, if they haven't already.

Decoupling has additional potential of reducing compile times.
Currently, including boost/thread/mutex.hpp pulls in a great deal of
DateTime and Chrono, even if you don't use any timed functions (which
is a typical case).