Re: Interest for C++20 modules support of boost officially

From: René Ferdinand Rivera Morell (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-12-19 01:39:39

On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 7:26 PM Chuanqi Xu <chuanqi.xcq_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> Hi René,
>
>   Interesting, I didn’t think about it actually. On the one hand, it is
> surprising to me to heard we don’t miss C++23 train.
>

Sorry, that was a fast typing mistake on my part. I meant the C++26 train.

> On the other hand, the idea to implement it in Clang without the proposal
> in WG21 looks like pandora’s box to me.
>
>   If we did the second point, the code accepted by clang may not be
> accepted by other compilers. Although it happens now, we don’t want it to
> be the case. Further more, I feel it makes the position of WG21 to be in a
> pretty embrassive position.
>

That is a good point. And it would end up back in using macros to resolve
portability in that case. Still worth thinking about in wg21 though. :-)

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