Re: [boost] question about C++11 guidelines

Subject: Re: [boost] question about C++11 guidelines
From: Vicente J. Botet Escriba (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-05-04 01:56:35

Le 03/05/12 00:01, Eric Niebler a écrit :
> Say I'm rewriting an existing Boost library and targeting C++11 users. I
> plan to ship C++03 and C++11 versions of my library side-by-side, so
> back-compat isn't an issue for the new code.
Good idea. I think that is the way to go that allows a good refactoring 
taking in account the best of C++11.

> Is there a reason to prefer
> using Boost's versions of utilities like enable_if, type traits,
> integral constant wrappers (e.g. mpl::int_), tuples, etc., over the
> now-standard ones?
I don't see any if the standard provides you whatever you need.
> I'm leaning toward using std:: where I can, and falling back on Boost's
> versions only when there is a compelling reason.
>
This seems reasonable.

Best,
Vicente