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From: Thomas Witt (witt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-25 03:17:19
Doug, Beman
On Saturday 25 May 2002 03:14, Beman Dawes wrote:
> At 09:00 AM 5/23/2002, Douglas Gregor wrote:
> >We can't just replace the 'signals' namespace with a (user-defined, but
> >defaulted) macro BOOST_SIGNALS_NAMESPACE because that doesn't play nicely
> >
> >with (shared) libraries.
I have implemented this as a stopgap measure, and yes it is a maintenance
nightmare. I have to do it on a number of different hosts and platforms and I
still to fail correctly set the define time and again.
>From a users point of view I think this solution is the minimum a user can
reasonably ask for.
> >nobody knows the difference (would someone confirm this? I haven't needed
> >
> >namespace aliases before...)...
Neither did I.
> Do we really want to change our libraries because of the rudeness of
> others?
In short, yes. Boost libs should not be designed to be compatible with
whatever bad idea a vendor has, but they should provide workarounds. It is
the same as with compilers.
My 2c
Thomas
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