Re: [boost] Ticket #637 - Adjusts mpl::pair concept to be compatible with STL pairs

Subject: Re: [boost] Ticket #637 - Adjusts mpl::pair concept to be compatible with STL pairs
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-31 09:44:21

AMDG

Joel Falcou wrote:
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/637
>
> Is this feature request still sensible or does fusion make this 
> useless somehow ?
>
> If not, I can provide patch+test

It looks like there were patches which got lost when we moved
to trac/svn.  Anyway,

1) This is not a widely needed feature.
2) Breaking backwards compatibility is out of the question, IMO.
3) Preserving backwards compatibility increases the compile time cost of 
using mpl::pair.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe