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Subject: Re: [boost] CMake Announcement from Boost Steering Committee
From: Vinnie Falco (vinnie.falco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-07-21 11:44:03


On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 4:41 AM, Niall Douglas via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> - Why are top layer APIs riddled with templates instead of being hidden
> behind simplified convenience typedefs and non-template conventional OO
> class designs instead?

I, for one, am grateful that `boost::shared_ptr` is declared as a
class template rather than a class.

Thanks


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