[boost] Re: [python] type_id

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-01-15 16:50:07

Jody Hagins wrote:
> I see that the implementation of type_id is chock full of special code. 
> There appears to be so much difference between how compilers handle
> stuff (the shared lib problem documented in the header is especially
> disturbing).
> 
> However, this does not seem to be isolated just to using Boost.Python,
> so is it possible to have it moved somewhere else more common, like
> boost/type_id.hpp or something similar which makes it more widely
> available?

The way these things are handled is as follows:  if another Boost
library wants to use facilities that are an implementation detail of an
existing Boost library, they are moved into boost/detail by the author
of the former library.  If someone wants to make the functionality
available to users, that person moves it into namespace boost, documents
it, and writes tests.  Then the library goes through a fast-track review
process.

I'm happy to have either of those things happen to that code, but I'm
not volunteering to do any of the work ;-)

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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