Re: [boost] Library metadata

Subject: Re: [boost] Library metadata
From: Glen Fernandes (glen.fernandes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-02-23 21:55:32

On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Robert Kawulak
<robert.kawulak_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Just an idea: it seems like this approach is not too flexible given that there
> are numerous standards/TRs/TSs coming now and in the future that possibly
> include Boost libraries. Instead of adding a new field for each one of them,
> maybe it would be better to have one "std" field with a list specifying in which
> standard/TR/TS a library is included/proposed for?

Something flexible, like a list, would be good. In Boost.Smart_Ptr, we
have class templates like shared_ptr and function templates like
make_shared that are part of C++11, but the Boost implementations are
now improved and proposed for the next standard (N3920 in TS1, and
N3939 in TS2).

Glen