Re: [boost] Cxx dual library

Subject: Re: [boost] Cxx dual library
From: Rob Stewart (rstewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-06-06 04:34:39

On June 5, 2016 6:51:13 PM EDT, Niall Douglas <s_sourceforge_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>On 5 Jun 2016 at 17:53, Rob Stewart wrote:
>
>> Vicente's idea was to import, say, std::thread or boost::thread into
>a
>> new, common namespace. That is, foo::thread might refer to either of
>the
>> others, based upon platform support or even an override macro. 
>
>I'm sorry, I really don't understand how this is different from the 
>code referred to above where boost::afio::stl::thread::thread would 
>be exactly what you say.
>
>If you meant you want to import exclusively and solely the 
>boost::thread type alone, you could do:
>
>namespace boost { namespace afio { namespace stl { typedef 
>::boost::thread thread; } } }
>
>Is that what you meant?

I think his approach (I don't know why I'm spending so much time discussing someone else's idea of which I have only passing familiarity, but...) was the following:

namespace boost {
namespace something {
   using std::thread;
   // or (conditionally selected)
   using boost::thread;
} }

With that, boost::something::thread is the name to use in the user's code.

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Rob

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