Re: [boost] Deprecate BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-22 21:03:34

Robert Ramey wrote:
> David Abrahams wrote:
>> I think <radical-idea>it's time to deprecate
>> BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT</radical-idea>
> 
> or at *least* put a prominent note
>> in its documentation directing people at the BOOST_MPL_ASSERT macros.
> 
> I think there is a deeper problem here.
>
> There are a number of facilities which are used in boost
> whose documentation and purpose are hard to find.  

It's true, that's a problem.  It's a different, though loosely related
problem that is much larger in scope.  At the risk of distracting
attention from the small problem I raised, do you have any ideas for
addressing it?

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