Re: [boost] Library TR draft available

From: Doug Gregor (dgregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-12 13:32:46

On Nov 12, 2004, at 9:51 AM, Peter Dimov wrote:

> Beman Dawes wrote:
>> To insure Boost code works with various TR implementations, some
>> Boost code will want to use the compiler vendor's version of the TR
>> if the TR component required is available, but otherwise will want to 
>> use Boost
>> equivalent code.
>
> However, some Boost code might want to use the Boost version of the 
> component, even if one is provided in std::tr1; and we also need to 
> keep in mind that only some parts of std::tr1 may be missing. 
> TR1-namespace-level global solutions can't work.

Why not keep all of the Boost versions in namespace boost, but create a 
boost::tr1 namespace that has the appropriate using declarations for 
the std versions (when a TR1 implementation is available) or the Boost 
versions (when a TR1 implementation is not available). If we're feeling 
really brave we could eventually call the boost:: versions deprecated 
:)

        Doug