Re: [boost] [Fusion] Onward towards 2.1

From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-20 18:29:20

Eric Niebler wrote:
> Joel de Guzman wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Well, heads up. I'm doing lots of refactorizations. 
> <snip>
>> This might still change a bit after odds and ends fall into place.
>> If you want something stable, now, there's this new "include"
>> directory that is a flat, MPL like, repository of include files
>> that forward to the proper files (e.g. boost/fusion/include/vector.hpp
>> will always point to where fusion::vector is). I highly recommend
>> users to use it and for developers (Dan and Tobias etc.) to put all
>> relevant forward headers there.
> 
> 
> This change has totally broken xpressive, and it *must* be backed out. 
> Besides, not all Fusion headers have corresponding .hpp files in the 
> fusion/include directory (e.g., cons.hpp), so I have no reliable way to 
> fix this on my end.
> 
> <rant>
> C'mon people, this is not the time to be making major changes to 
> libraries. This is the time to be making small changes to fix bugs 
> exposed by the regression tests. You've had *ages* to make your big, 
> breaking changes on HEAD. That time has passed.
> </rant>

Sorry, Eric. I should have done the changes to affected libraries
first to not cause disruption. Reverted. I'll work on a branch.

Regards,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
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