Re: [boost] [msm] Review

Subject: Re: [boost] [msm] Review
From: Andreas Huber (ahd6974-spamboostorgtrap_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-04 08:08:05

>> Remove libraries? Current users of the to be removed library
>> would be delighted to learn that their code will no longer compile
>> with the next version of Boost. Deprecated libraries? Seems like
>> a good idea, if the new library offers a strict superset of the
>> features of the old one. In reality this will almost never happen.
>
> Well, that is the case with Spirit 1 and Spirit 2, right?

Spirit 2 offers a strict superset of the Spirit 1 functionality, right? This 
is not the case with MSM and Statechart.

> How do you think it feels for new Boost users to encounter two
> libraries with virtually identical use and interface?

The interface is very different and there's also difference in 2 key 
features (as I've pointed out in another post).

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