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: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-11-11 17:33:57

Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> On 11 November 2015 at 19:46, Karen Shaeffer wrote:
> > Well put. Let's say your project upgrades to g++-5.2. I've never 
> > verified this, but isn't it true that you could continue to use 
> > std::auto_ptr by compiling with the -std=c++03 flag?
>
> Yes. Or -std=c++11. Or -std=c++14.

We (Boost developers) don't control with what flags our users compile our 
libraries.

Although, to be honest, I kind of prefer auto_ptr not being there at all 
rather than being there and generating tons of deprecation warnings.