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From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-11-27 15:00:40


On 11/27/20 5:15 PM, Glen Fernandes via Boost wrote:
>
> 2. Based on first hand accounts of certain users choosing not to
> migrate to C++20 because of a silently breaking change in the language
> affecting their code (operator== rewriting rules, which has even
> broken certain Boost libraries like Rational), I would certainly not
> be in favor of changing existing Boost libraries to require C++20 for
> anything in an official Boost distribution.

I have to say that I'm also hesitant to upgrade my projects to C++20,
while going through 11, 14 and 17 was rather easy. That operator
rewriting issue is a blocker, and it's not even clear if there will be a
resolution before C++23 or however it will be called.


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