Re: [boost] [function] function wrapping with noexception safetyguarantee

Subject: Re: [boost] [function] function wrapping with noexception safetyguarantee
From: vicente.botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-19 18:03:50

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Falcou" <joel.falcou_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [boost] [function] function wrapping with noexception safetyguarantee

> On 19/10/10 09:56, Emil Dotchevski wrote:
>> Even if there were sufficient demand to change boost::function, that's
>> not how Boost works. Each Boost library has a maintainer and once the
>> library is accepted, (s)he needs to be sold on the change.
>>
>> There's also the issue that it seems a good idea to keep
>> boost::function unchanged so it doesn't deviate from std::function.
> 
> can't we resort to an artifice like function2, much like signal and 
> signal2 coexists ?

+1, but we need someone to do the work :(

Best,
Vicente