[boost] Re: Deprecation/removal of libraries

From: Daryle Walker (dwalker07_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-29 02:14:23

On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at 4:34 PM, Beman Dawes wrote:

> At 01:22 AM 8/24/2003, Daryle Walker wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, August 23, 2003, at 10:12 AM, Douglas Gregor wrote:
>>
>>> I'd like to deprecate or remove two libraries:
>>>
>>> - min_rand has been the only entry in our list of "Obsolete 
>>> Libraries" for quite some time. Random is quite mature, so let's 
>>> just eliminate min_rand now.
>>
>> Doesn't one of the classes in Boost.Random have the same distribution 
>> as min_rand?  If so, we can do a transition by changing min_rand to a 
>> typedef of the updated class.
>
> Yes, IIRC the same generator is available. But I don't think there is 
> any need for a transition; we've been signalling for years that 
> min_rand was due for removal.
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Has the exact substitute in Boost.Random ever been specified?  In a way 
that an user that used min_rand who finds it gone can find out what the 
substitute is?  Are you sure that no Boost code is still using min_rand?

Daryle