Re: Revitalization

From: John Maddock (jz.maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2022-12-06 17:52:21

On 06/12/2022 16:52, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:
> Rainer Deyke wrote:
>> At a first glance, the following libraries would have to justify their continued
>> existence as "core" Boost libraries:
>>
>>     Any (superseded by std::any)
>>     Array (superseded by std::array)
>>     Assign (superseded by std::initializer_list)
>>     Atomic (C++11 feature emulation library)
>>     Bind (superseded by lambda expressions)
>>     Chrono (superseded by std::chrono)
> ...
>
> This gets us back to our never-ending discussion of Boost dropping C++03 support.
>
> I'm sure this time it will be more productive than our last three attempts.

Perhaps the question should be this: are there libraries still using 
C++03 Boost versions of these libraries, that are still actually 
supporting C++03 themselves?  Or are these dependencies just cruft left 
over from previous C++03 support which is no longer there in practice?

Just wondering ;)

John.