Re: [boost] Boost.Fiber mini-review September 4-13

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Fiber mini-review September 4-13
From: Oliver Kowalke (oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-09-04 12:02:07

2015-09-04 17:49 GMT+02:00 Agustín K-ballo Bergé <kaballo86_at_[hidden]>:

I find this decision to be quite unfortunate, given that the last time I
> checked (although it has been a while) supporting C++11 would be fairly
> easy. If I recall correctly, the requirement comes from the use of
> `index_sequence` which can be easily replaced (
> https://github.com/boostorg/fusion/blob/master/include/boost/fusion/support/detail/index_sequence.hpp),
> and the use init-captures in lambdas which can be emulated with a little
> code gymnastics. Oliver, could you confirm this is still the case?
>
> I am not objecting to this decision, which is for Oliver to make. On the
> contrary, I would like to volunteer to help make Boost.Fiber C++11
> compatible if accepted.
>

boost.fiber itself requires C++14 as well as boost.context on which
boost.fiber depends
C++11 is missing integer_sequence<> (deferred execution of callable with
arguments/parameter packs) and support of move capture (generalized lambda
capture) used by both libraries.