Re: Boost vs Std library features

From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2023-11-29 22:20:43

On 11/30/23 01:03, Niall Douglas via Boost wrote:
> 
> There were still some big design mistakes in 11 - I still find 
> `<random>` very unfortunate and entirely avoidable at the time, unlike 
> `<system_error>` or initialiser lists where the defects were not obvious 
> initially. `<regex>` and `<unordered_map>` probably couldn't have been 
> predicted easily in advance, at their time they seemed reasonable.

Could you elaborate on the design problems of the above components? Or
perhaps, you have a link where these problems are described? I'm
interested in initializer lists, regex and unordered_map in particular.