[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2778: Request for forward declarations header

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2778: Request for forward declarations header
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-18 16:17:16

#2778: Request for forward declarations header
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 Reporter:  andysem                   |       Owner:  chris_kohlhoff
     Type:  Feature Requests          |      Status:  new           
Milestone:  Boost 1.39.0              |   Component:  asio          
  Version:  Boost 1.38.0              |    Severity:  Problem       
 Keywords:  asio forward declaration  |  
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 I'm trying to implement a library that does something over the network. It
 exposes an interface that allows to supply local and remote host addresses
 to work with. However, as ASIO is header-only and depends on system
 headers, such as windows.h, I don't want to force the users of my library
 to include the whole implementation of ASIO and the system headers by
 using my library interface.

 A header with forward declarations of the most commonly used ASIO types
 could help me to achieve this goal. In particular, forward declarations of
 IP address classes would be helpful.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2778>
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