Re: [boost] [config] Macro for "using" type alias defects

Subject: Re: [boost] [config] Macro for "using" type alias defects
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-04-26 17:29:12

Raffi Enficiaud wrote:
> >> Would it make sense to have BOOST_NO_CXX11_TYPE_ALIAS?
> >
> > As already stated in the issue, the macro is 
> > BOOST_NO_CXX11_TEMPLATE_ALIASES.
>
> Good to know, but I thought this macro was for the second form of this 
> (with templates):
>
> http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/type_alias
>
> You are stating that this is for the first form as well, which is called, 
> to my understanding, "type alias". Is that correct?

As far as I know, no compiler implements the non-template `using` separately 
from the template one, so for practical purposes, these are the same 
feature.