Re: [boost] [type_traits] Rewrite and dependency free version

Subject: Re: [boost] [type_traits] Rewrite and dependency free version
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-02-01 11:26:49

> It's a true one. These libraries include serialization headers. If 
> serialization is not installed, these libraries break.
...
> The reason Stephen talks about splitting serialization is that adding 
> serialization support needs only a few includes, independent of the rest 
> of the library. If these are separated into 'serialization_core', there'll 
> be no problem with including them.

See for example this:

http://www.pdimov.com/tmp/report-develop-c3bb6eb/date_time.html#serialization

Also, for an even more dramatic case, this:

http://www.pdimov.com/tmp/report-develop-c3bb6eb/uuid.html#serialization

(You could call that a false dependency, but note what it only needs to 
include, and for what reason.)