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Subject: Re: [boost] [smart_ptr][thread][test] breaking change on shared_ptr operator bool.
From: Olaf van der Spek (ml_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-10 10:22:14


On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Andrey Semashev
<andrey.semashev_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> What's the rationale for this breaking change?
>> Isn't compatibility with previous Boost releases more important?
>
> I'd consider implicit conversion to bool more a bug than a feature.
> Just my 5 cents.

Thanks for the cents, but I don't. So what's your point?

-- 
Olaf

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