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Subject: Re: [boost] Proposal: Boost.Core
From: Daniel James (dnljms_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-05-31 11:27:23


On 31 May 2014 15:48, Peter Dimov <lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Daniel James wrote:
>>
>> On 31 May 2014 15:21, Peter Dimov <lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> > The criteria for inclusion into this module would be that the utility >
>> > component is (a) simple, (b) used by other Boost libraries, (c) does not >
>> > depend on any headers outside of Core and Config (and perhaps Assert).
>>
>> It might also need to depend on Predef.
>
>
> Perhaps; we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. At the moment - as far
> as I can see - it's only boost/detail/endian.hpp that needs Predef, and this
> header is actually misplaced; it needs to be in Predef instead of Detail.

I think the plan is to deprecate that header, rather than move it. I
was thinking more about things like this:

http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/config-predef-Is-it-OK-for-boost-config-to-depend-on-boost-predef-td4662955.html


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