Re: [boost] Interest in std::type_info wrapper and / or multidispatching infrastructure?

From: Jeff F (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-18 21:08:56

Tom Bachmann wrote:
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> Alexander Nasonov schrieb:
>> Tom Bachmann wrote:
>>> The first thing I'd like to propose is a wrapper around
>>> std::type_info.
>> As far as I know, there is a type_info wrapper in Boost.Python
>> already. There was a request to improve type_info in boost::any and
>> I'm going to move boost::python::type_info to boost::detail if it's
>> fine with Dave.
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> Wouldn't it make sense to move that to a separate "official" location,
> say, the toplevel boost namespace? Afterall, it is nothing specific to
> python, and I cannot understand why it should be in boost::detail. Am
> I missing something?

I assume because no one needed it as a separate library previously? There is 
also an extended type info class as a detail of the serialization library 
that you might look at as well.

Jeff