Re: [boost] [exception][mpl] Boost.Exception uses unqualified size_t

Subject: Re: [boost] [exception][mpl] Boost.Exception uses unqualified size_t
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-15 22:04:10

Peter Dimov wrote:
> Patrick Horgan wrote:
>> Andrey Semashev wrote:
> 
>>> Or even better: boost/compatibility/cpp_c_headers/cstddef.
> 
>> Why is that better?  It includes stddef.h and adds a couple of usings.
> 
> It's not. This header is intended to be used only on platforms that 
> don't have <cstddef>, by adding cpp_c_headers to the include path, IIRC.

It is better because some native c* headers are missing some std 
imports. Not that it is often the case for size_t, though.