std::auto_ptr deprecation (Was: [release] Boost 1.74.0 Release Candidate 1)

From: Stefan Seefeld (stefan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-08-11 13:52:05

Hi all,

On 2020-08-11 9:41 a.m., Jeff Garland via Boost wrote:
> My compile report the RC:
>
> 1 platforms, 4 compilers, 5 c++ versions as applicable
> - All successfully compile, so pretty solid
> - gcc10.1 2a mode had 154 warnings
>    - All in agreement the locale library has deprecated auto_ptr with
> copious warnings (most of the ~95 warnings on g++ compiles)
>    - python auto_ptr is another source
>    - this is a bit better than 1.73

Does boost have a mechanism (compilation flags, auto-defined macro, 
etc.) to mask `std::auto_ptr` usage ?

Note that the situation isn't quite as simple as replacing 
library-internal use of `std::auto_ptr`. For example, in case of 
Boost.Python we also need to specialize templates so users can continue 
using `std::auto_ptr` in their own code, unless they explicitly (using 
macros) or implicitly (using modern compilers) disable such 
backward-compatible support. I suppose there are other Boost libraries 
in a similar situation.

Thanks,

Stefan
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