Re: [Boost-users] Convert boost::shared_ptr to std::shared_ptr for boost::dll::import

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Convert boost::shared_ptr to std::shared_ptr for boost::dll::import
From: Chris Glover (c.d.glover_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-04-13 12:49:15

On Fri, 13 Apr 2018 at 08:24 Edward Diener via Boost-users <
boost-users_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> The reason some libraries use boost::shared_ptr rather than
> std::shared_ptr has nothing to do with supporting VC7.1 at all. The most
> obvious reason is that a given library works with code at the c++03
> level and does not require c++11 on up. You may feel that this is wrong,
> but this is another issue entirely than still having to support VC7.1.
>

There are of course other reasons for choosing the boost variant over the
std variant, even outside of boost. Four that often influence me are:

- Boost often offers an extended API
- Boost components can be forward declared
- Boost offers the same implementation across platforms
- I can fix a boost version should I need to

My projects tend to reach for boost over std for most components as a
result of this.

-- chris