Re: [boost] [modularization] Removing iterator->conversion dependency

Subject: Re: [boost] [modularization] Removing iterator->conversion dependency
From: Daniel James (dnljms_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-06-06 04:15:27

On 6 June 2014 09:08, Sebastian Redl <sebastian.redl_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> On 06 Jun 2014, at 1:39, Vicente J. Botet Escriba <vicente.botet_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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>> in order to remove the dependency from iterator to conversion I suggest to move |boost/implicit_cast.hpp to MPL.
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> That makes no semantic sense at all. Breaking dependencies is nice, but not at the cost of moving something to a place it doesn’t belong at all.

I think there's a better solution. Splitting lexical cast into its own
module might make conversion a much lighter dependency. I'm wary of
creating too many submodules, but I think that one might be justified.