[boost] [serialization] using directive fix? Was: Workaround for a msvc 7.1 & 8.0 bug

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-21 16:11:21

> 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.

No interest? Robert? Jurko?