Re: [boost] Boost.Thread and Boost.Move collision

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Thread and Boost.Move collision
From: Anthony Williams (anthony.ajw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-12-01 08:16:36

On 01/12/11 11:34, Ion Gaztañaga wrote:
> I've recently received some bugs caused by name collision between
> Boost.Move and Boost.Thread. Like many other libraries, Boost.Thread has
> its own move emulation code, and those functions are in the top-level
> namespace.
>
> I guess there is no trivial solution for this. Options:
>
> 1) Move Boost.Move elements to boost::move:: namespace
> 2) Move Boost.Thread elements to boost::thread namespace
> 3) Modify Boost.Thread to make use of Boost.Move
>
> I would like to know your opinion on this as this issue is related to
> two official Boost libraries.

Boost.Thread should definitely use Boost.Move. That's always been the plan.

Anthony
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