Re: [boost] [1.47] New libraries

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.47] New libraries
From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-17 07:17:52

On 3/17/11 5:24 PM, Daniel James wrote:
> On 17 March 2011 08:52, Thomas Heller<thom.heller_at_[hidden]>  wrote:
>>
>> There are still some unresolved issues. Mainly how to deal  with the
>> migration of Boost.Bind, Boost.Lambda and Phoenix V2. There hasn't
>> been any discussion regarding that.
>
> I don't think it'd be a good idea to do anything to bind or lambda in
> this release. Was there a consensus on replacing them? Personally, I'd
> like to keep the existing Boost.Bind, even if in a different
> namespace. I appreciate its relative simplicity and portability.

Bind should not be touched. People rely on Bind esp. those using old
compilers. Also, Bind is extremely lightweight with almost zero
dependencies. Phoenix cannot get anywhere near that.

Regards,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
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