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Subject: Re: [boost] [config] request for BOOST_NO_FWD_STD_DECLARATION
From: John Maddock (boost.regex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-16 04:40:42


> libc++ does not allow forward declarations of types for std:: , as it uses
> inline namespace to allow versioning.
>
> Forward declarations occur in many libraries (config, fusion,
> interprocess). In each case I would like to just include the actual
> headers.
>
> I could just #define all cases for LIBCPP, but other libraries might move
> to using inline namespaces in future, so I could introduce a macro?

I think that sounds a reasonable addition, yes. Do you have patches?

John.


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