Re: Boost.Compat

From: Glen Fernandes (glen.fernandes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2023-04-27 15:30:45

On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 11:24 AM Peter Dimov via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> It would be nice if we had a dedicated place in Boost where to
> put these, to avoid the need for everyone reimplementing a
> private copy.
>
> At the moment, some of these have gone into Core, for lack of
> anywhere else, and we now have a <latch> contribution (which I
> encouraged):
>
> https://github.com/boostorg/core/pull/144
>
> However, Core is not quite the right place for these components.
>
> So my suggestion is to create a separate library/repo, Boost.Compat
> (boostorg/compat, namespace boost::compat) for them.
>
> Thoughts? (Be sure to read the discussion in the PR as well.)
>

For the rest of the list:   I'm in favor of this (as my response in the
Core thread indicates).

Glen