Re: [boost] Breaking existing libraries

Subject: Re: [boost] Breaking existing libraries
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-03 12:08:49

on Sun Nov 23 2008, "Steve M. Robbins" <steve-AT-sumost.ca> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 10:04:06AM -0500, Dave Handley wrote:
>
>> I can't tell what the state of the documentation said before 1.35 so I 
>> can't comment here.  Can someone please explain how to get versioned 
>> documentation on boost?
>
> See http://www.boost.org/doc/ and http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_34_0 
> in particular.
>
>
> Is this really news to everyone?  I'm just a kibitzer in this thread
> but it's been very surprising to read some folks who I assume would
> know better (Dave A, for one) arguing about what was documented
> without showing any evidence of having taken the time to read the old
> docs.

No, I've been short of time, so I never did go look at the old docs.
However, I don't think I ever pretended to know for sure what was
documented in the old version.  I have sprinkled "if"s liberally
throughout my writings in this thread.

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Dave Abrahams
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