Re: [boost] Removing _1 from the global namespace (again)

Subject: Re: [boost] Removing _1 from the global namespace (again)
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-14 12:07:59

On 12/14/2013 11:56 AM, Peter Dimov wrote:
> If we're going to call the next release 2.0, we'll be allowed some
> latitude with respect to breaking changes, so maybe this is the right
> time to finally remove the Bind placeholders from the global namespace.
>
> This will, however, break many things all around Boost (to say nothing
> about the outside world), as a quick grep can readily reveal. And,
> consequently, it will generate a certain amount of work for the
> maintainers of the affected libraries that, from their point of view,
> can appear unnecessary.
>
> So I'll need a certain amount of community consensus before going ahead
> and breaking everyone's code. :-)

I am all for it but maybe that's also because I am not affected by the 
change.