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Subject: Re: [boost] [Review] Phoenix review starts today, September 21st
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-22 15:01:41


Joel de Guzman wrote:

> Because it's not ready yet V3 is in alpha. V2 OTOH had years of
> deployment behind it. It's already in extensive use, not just
> within the Spirit community. I could have easily "fixed" the
> non-standard type deduction protocol in V2 but decided that
> breaking the interface should be done with care starting with v3.
> We value backward compatibility.

Isn't the move to first-class Boost citizen a good opportunity to change
some parts of the interface, and thus give a new version number?


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