Re: [boost] Workaround for a msvc 7.1 & 8.0 bug surfaced in the boost 1.35 release part II

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-19 13:08:36

Jurko Gospodnetić:

>   Also... the renamed class name as used in the original patch seemed
> clearer since Visual C++ still has a bug with exposing this identified
> in the global namespace... and 'critical_section' seems much more likely
> to cause problems than
> critical_section__whatever_we_write_here_as_an_explanation.

The bug appears to import all boost::detail identifiers into the global 
namespace, not just critical_section. It's not reasonable to change them 
all. A better way to deal with the problem would be to just remove the 
offending "using namespace boost::detail;" line from 
boost/serialization/detail/shared_count_132.hpp. It's even guarded for 
Borland. Note also the "using namespace boost;" in the same header, it 
imports all boost identifiers as well, and it's definitely not reasonable to 
change these to contain an "explanation" suffix.