Re: [boost] Boost.Uuid and header-only support

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Uuid and header-only support
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-11-04 00:15:52

James E. King, III wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I have an open defect related to a random seed generator that's currently 
> in boost::uuids::detail called seed_rng.  The class does a fair bit more 
> than it really needs to, and does not support Universal Windows Platform 
> (UWP) store targets.  It is otherwise quite similar to 
> boost::random::random_device however it is a header-only implementation 
> (in fact seed_rng has a comment about putting it into Boost.Random).  I 
> was planning on removing it and leaving randomness to Boost.Random because 
> that's where the code really belongs, however this would introduce a new 
> library dependency on Boost.Random for any code using 
> boost::uuids::random_generator.  So I'm curious on how important folks 
> believe it is to maintain the header-only status of Boost.Uuid.

You had plans of contributing a header-only random_device to Boost.Random, I 
think?