Re: [boost] Removing Bind placeholders from the global namespace

Subject: Re: [boost] Removing Bind placeholders from the global namespace
From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-13 14:23:42

Steven Watanabe:
> Wouldn't it be possible to have the placeholders in both 
> boost::placeholders
> and in the global namespace and deprecate the ones in the global 
> namespace,
> so that the changes don't need to be made all at once?

It would be possible, but I doubt that it would help. The libraries in 
general tend to not move away from deprecated functionality unless they 
break. So it might be better to just force the change.