[boost] Re: Keeping old version numbers? (was: Re: <boost/config.hpp> proposal)

From: John Maddock (John_Maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-06-01 06:26:31

>So we can keep a history of sorts in our headers.  Also, if someone
actually
>wants to conditionalize by Boost version, it would help to have a record
of
>the previously used version numbers.  If we do this, it would be better to
>start putting the version number(s) in a separate file; I think the
><boost/config.hpp> proposal has that.

I still don't see that as a good argument - the question remains - is there
any good reason for these?  Your argument seems to be that they might be
useful one day, without specifying why.

- John Maddock
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/john_maddock/