Re: [boost] Boost Modularization: did we get it right?

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost Modularization: did we get it right?
From: Daniel Pfeifer (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-05-10 02:39:36

2012/5/10 Antony Polukhin <antoshkka_at_[hidden]>:
> 2012/5/8 Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]>:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> As we head toward a modularized Boost, Daniel Pfeifer we on the Ryppl
>> project would like confirmation that we've correctly (or at least
>> sensibly, when there's no obvious "correct") identified the module
>> boundaries in Boost's monolithic SVN repository.  If library authors
>> could take a few moments to examine the contents of your library's repo
>> at https://github.com/boost-lib, and let us know, we'd be most grateful.
>
> Conversion looks strange:
> There is no numeric_cast header, but there is numeric_cast`s tests.
> Lexical cast, implicit cast, and polymorphic casts look good.

There is no numeric_cast.hpp header in SVN that is used by numeric_cast`s tests.

'boost/cast.hpp' contains this:
//  Revision History
//  23 JUn 05  numeric_cast removed and redirected to the new verion
(Fernando Cacciola)

This looks strange, yes. But it is not caused by the modularization.

Cheers, Daniel