Re: [boost] Boost and auto_ptr (was Boost 1.60.0 beta 1...)

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost and auto_ptr (was Boost 1.60.0 beta 1...)
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir.prus_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-11-10 08:31:47

On 10-Nov-15 4:08 PM, Andrey Semashev wrote:
> On 2015-11-10 15:51, Artyom Beilis wrote:
>>
>>> On 2015-11-09 18:52, Marshall Clow wrote:
>>>
>>
>>> [snip]
>>> I'm seeing lots of warnings about use of deprecated std::auto_ptr in >different libraries: Boost.DateTime,
>>> Boost.Locale, Boost.Signals. I've
>>> attached the list of places where these warnings occur.
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>
>>
>> See... unlike Boost, most of the ordinary world still uses C++2003 and will use
>> it for a long time especially for existing projects.
>>
>> Existing libraries like Boost.Locale support C++2003.
>>
>> std::auto_ptr is perfect way to provide ownership move semantics
>> without rvalue reference despite the fact some may abuse it.
>
> I wouldn't call it perfect. In the lack of rvalue references I would have preferred an explicit method to return a proxy
> that acts like rvalue reference. But that's offtopic.
>
> Would you consider porting Boost.Locale to boost::movelib::unique_ptr from Boost.Move?
>
> Note that you will have to switch at some point as MSVC developers are planning to remove auto_ptr from the standard
> library at some point.

Do you have a link saying so? That's quite unfortunate stance, indeed.

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