Re: [boost] [modularization] Modularizing Boost (modularization)

Subject: Re: [boost] [modularization] Modularizing Boost (modularization)
From: Vicente J. Botet Escriba (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-11-05 12:57:34

Le 05/11/13 13:50, Klaim - Joël Lamotte a écrit :
> On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Gavin Lambert <gavinl_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> Do you think that some of those assumptions are flawed?
>
> Another example is in MSVC11 (and I assume is still in MSVC12)  there is a
> minor bug in std::chrono which makes it impractical to use in code that
> needs high precision of time.
> This forced me to use boost::chrono, which forced me to use boost::thread
> instead of std::thread because the time-related interface aren't compatible
> and require tons of casting.
Andrey Semashev is working on this sens, to allow std::chrono interface 
and other in Boost.Sync, but I don't know if/when this could be usable 
in Boost.Thread.
> Having alternative implementations of the standard, in particular when it's
> mostly the same code whatever the target plateform, is a good thing.
>
>
Recently, I have added a internal name space csbl Common Std Boost Lib, 
that allows to use either std or boost for some classes (See 
boost/thread/csbl in trunk).

While doing some of the adaptations, I find some problems:
1. specialization of templates in std or boost must be explicitly done 
on std or boost not on csbl :(
2. any function used any boost class in the interface can not be changed 
to use csbl without breaking the interface.

I would like to know what other have already done to try to use std or 
boost conditionally.

Best,
Vicente