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

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Thread and Boost.Move collision
From: Vicente J. Botet Escriba (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-12-01 12:50:06

Le 01/12/11 18:11, onlyone_at_[hidden] a écrit :
>>> 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
>>>
>> FWIW, I think 3) is what sounds obvious to me. Now maybe there's reasons to
>> avoid coupling those libraries together but I'm not sure what they would be.
>>
>> Philippe
> Hi,
> I have been working on a patch to do just that. I have not run into any major issues so far. Modifying Boost.Thread to use
> Boost.Move solves two problems:
>
>   1) It fixes the name collision (obviously).
>   2) It allows types that have been designed to use the Boost.Move emulation to interoperate with Boost.Thread. (This is relevant
> for futures/promises.)
>
Could you post the patch or attach it to a Trac ticket?

Best,
Vicente