Re: Opinions on merging Assert, StaticAssert, ThrowException into Core

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-10-16 19:16:38

Glen Fernandes wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 2:19 PM John Maddock wrote:
> > This is fine by me, I imagine that Boost.StaticAssert is rapidly
> > becoming obsolete anyway?
> 
> Not everyone is on C++17 to use static_assert(expr), so even C++11 and
> C++14 Boost libraries (and some Boost users) choose
> BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(expr)  over having to static_assert(expr, "expr") etc.

That's true, but the implementation can be simplified considerably if C++11
can be assumed. :-)