Re: [boost] What C++14/1z standard or TS libraries would you like to have available on a C++11 compiler?

Subject: Re: [boost] What C++14/1z standard or TS libraries would you like to have available on a C++11 compiler?
From: Gavin Lambert (gavinl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-05-22 20:52:57

On 23/05/2016 12:33, Paul Fultz II wrote:
> Also, libraries may evolve beyond the standard. For example, the
> library could provide C++14 integral constant, but it could also provide
> the operators for it as well, which could be standardized later. This is
> another reason, it may make sense to split this into smaller libraries.

This has already happened for libraries such as smart_ptr; a subset of 
the Boost library entered the standard in C++11 (or even earlier in 
TR1), but it continued to evolve and important features such as P0033R1 
won't be added until C++17.