Re: [boost] New boost::function allocator semantics?

From: Doug Gregor (dgregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-27 15:46:19

On Mar 5, 2008, at 9:21 PM, Emil Dotchevski wrote:

> What is the procedure for updating the boost::function allocator  
> semantics
> according to
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2308.html?
>
> A working implementation is available here:
> http://www.revergestudios.com/boost-function/
>
> I'm asking because it will break legacy code that uses the current  
> allocator
> support in boost::function. Such legacy code would be very easy to  
> fix (of
> course, legacy code that uses boost::function without supplying custom
> allocator will not break.)

I've put this into the Subversion trunk. Since this is a non-trivial  
change, I wouldn't be surprised if there's a little churn while we  
figure out workarounds for the more broken platforms. Thanks to Emil  
for both the idea and the implementation.

        - Doug