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

Subject: Re: [boost] Removing _1 from the global namespace (again)
From: Chris Brown (ccbrown112_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-14 16:57:13

On 12/14/13, 8:56 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. :-)
>
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I can't speak for the maintainers, but as someone that would have 
considerable "outside world" breakage, I'm still very much in support of 
this. If there were ever a right time to do it (other than from the 
start of course), it would be 2.0.