Re: [boost] [release][1.52.0] Release Notes

Subject: Re: [boost] [release][1.52.0] Release Notes
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-10-12 12:18:17

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Vicente J. Botet Escriba
<vicente.botet_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> sorry for the imprecision. I meant that all the interfaces using
> Boost.DateTime posix_time are now deprecated. From the doc"
>
> The time related functions introduced in Boost 1.35.0, using the
> Boost.DateTime library are deprecated. These include (but are not limited
> to):
>
>     boost::this_thread::sleep()
>     thread::timed_join()
>     condition_variable::timed_wait()
>     timed_mutex::timed_lock()
>
> "

Hmm, I don't really like this. I don't want to add a dependency on
Boost.Chrono in Boost.Log, which depends on Boost.DateTime anyway. Why
are these interfaces deprecated? Why not keep them as they are?