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Subject: Re: [boost] [config] Deprecate/remove BOOST_NO_INITIALIZER_LISTS
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-27 21:22:05


On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Daniel James <daniel_james_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Once BOOST_NO_0X_HDR_INITIALIZER_LIST has been added to release, I
> think we should remove BOOST_NO_INITIALIZER_LISTS. It's confusing
> having both macros. BOOST_NO_INITIALIZER_LISTS is probably useless as
> it only indicates compiler support and initializer lists can't really
> be used without the header. I seem to be the only person who uses it,
> so it might be okay to just remove it immediately or if not, deprecate
> it and remove it in the next release. Does that sound okay?

Does it matter that some standard libraries might add <initializer_list>
even though the compiler doesn't have support yet?

--Beman


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