Re: [boost] [serialization] Serializable Concept (Was: [1.44]Beta progress?)

Subject: Re: [boost] [serialization] Serializable Concept (Was: [1.44]Beta progress?)
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-28 16:35:34

At Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:01:58 -0800,
Robert Ramey wrote:
> 
> David Abrahams wrote:
> > At Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:37:48 -0800,
> > Robert Ramey wrote:
> >>
> >> Stewart, Robert wrote:
> >>> Robert Ramey wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I just looked again.  I found ONE file in all of boost
> >>>> which includes boost/concept/requires.hpp.  (That
> >>>> was in boost/graph/transitive_reduction.hpp)  I found
> >>>> no such inclusions anywhere else - including the iterators
> >>>> library.  So though I don't doubt that concepts are used
> >>>> through out boosts, I can't see where the concept library is used.
> >>>
> >>> Perhaps you should look for boost/concept_check.hpp.
> >>
> >> lol - Looks like you're correct, how foolish of me to look in the
> >> boost/concept library
> >> for the appropriate headers.
> >
> > Instead of crawling the Boost directory tree for _everything_, first
> >
> > * * *   R E A D   T H E   D O C U M E N T A T I O N   * * *
> >
> > This is a time-honored Boost principle.
> 
> aaa - does the documentation include a list of libraries which
> use concepts? I must have missed that.

Not a complete list, but it actually does mention a few.  But that's
not what I meant: it shows clearly which headers you are supposed to
use.  Had you read it you'd have been more successful in your search.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
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