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

From: Emil Dotchevski (emildotchevski_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-10-17 05:02:57

On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 8:51 PM Peter Dimov via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>
wrote:
>
> Emil Dotchevski wrote:
> > Such a refactor will affect user code not only Boost libraries. I don't
know how
> > much user code exists that depends on each individual repo, though IMO
it's
> > better to leave things as they are.
>
> That's a good point. E.g. every CMake project that links to Boost::assert
will be
> broken. There probably aren't that many yet though.

If we're talking about CMake, it makes even less sense, since it clones and
links things automatically. If anything, this allows us to adjust
our preference towards more, not fewer modules.