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Subject: Re: [boost] [Config] Support for switching between std:: andboost:: equivalents.
From: John Maddock (jz.maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-06-07 13:43:12


>> Right. But if lib X prefers/needs to use the Boost version always,
>> they don't have to use this mechanism.
>
> What I'm saying is more like lib X has a dual interface, but _the
> user_ of lib X wants to use the boost:: version, whereas lib X detects
> C++11 and provides the std:: version.
>

Got you. Yes that's an issue, and probably the only solution is for
each library to have a macro that signals which to use :(

John.


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