Re: [boost] [exception][range] boost/range/size_type.hpp + unexpected dependenciies Exeception -> Units -> Algorithms -> Range -> Concepts

Subject: Re: [boost] [exception][range] boost/range/size_type.hpp + unexpected dependenciies Exeception -> Units -> Algorithms -> Range -> Concepts
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-09-17 17:06:09

On Tuesday 17 September 2013 13:51:02 Emil Dotchevski wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Vicente J. Botet Escriba
> 
> <vicente.botet_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > What is more surprising is the chain of dependencies the inclusion of
> > 
> > boost/exception_ptr.hpp conveys.
> > 
> > Exeception -> Units -> Algorithms -> Range -> Concepts.
> > 
> > Is there a way to break these dependencies?
> 
> Thanks for pointing this out. This is being included by exception_ptr
> only for the demangle function. If this doesn't get resolved soon I'll
> scrap the demangling call and remove the dependency.

I recently proposed to extract my type_info_wrapper [1] to Boost.Utility. It 
has support for name demangling. Maybe you could switch to it (after the 
extraction, of course) instead of Boost.Units?

[1] 
https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk/boost/log/utility/type_info_wrapper.hpp