Re: [Boost-maint] Status of Boost.CMT libraries

Subject: Re: [Boost-maint] Status of Boost.CMT libraries
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-11-30 12:15:28

On 11/30/16 19:14, Marshall Clow wrote:
>
> I haven't gathered up bugs out of trac - but rather just info from GitHub.
> If you have opinions on these pull requests, etc. please chime in.

Although I'm not a CMT member, I'll add a few comments.

> Boost.DateTime
> https://github.com/boostorg/date_time/pull/34 -- reduce exports;
> controversial

I think, this one has its merit. I added a comment to the PR.

> https://github.com/boostorg/date_time/pull/29 -- switch +/- on parsing.
> Definitely correct, will break code.

I think we should fix bugs even if it breaks code. We could try to make 
it less painful though.

> https://github.com/boostorg/date_time/pull/30 -- needs tests

...and docs.

> Boost.Function
> https://github.com/boostorg/function/pull/11 -- warning suppression in clang

This one looks pretty safe to me. Could probably even make it in 1.63?