I have created version 3 of the cxx_dual library. version 3 is a large rewrite of the documentation to simplify the use of the library, as well as a change in the directory structure so that the basic usage of the library is through a single header file and the use of a namespace alias, and not through the macro interface. As in: #include void SomeFunction() { cxxd_regex_ns::regex re("A regular expression etc."); bool result(cxxd_regex_ns::regex_match("Some string...",re)); // etc. } What ! No macros ! Actually a few macros still exist for testing which dual library has been chosen and overriding the dual library chosen, but the basic functionality means almost no macros in user code. The library is available at https://github.com/eldiener/cxx_dual.git. What is it ? The Cxx Dual library, or CXXD for short, is a C++ macro header-only library which chooses between using a Boost library or its C++ standard equivalent library for a number of different C++ implementations, while allowing the end-user to use the same code to program either choice. An implementation is a Boost library which has a C++ standard library equivalent whose public interfaces are nearly the same in both cases. An 'implementation' is called a 'mod' for short and each of the possible Boost or C++ standard implementations for that mod are called a 'dual library'. The Cxx Dual library does this by automatically choosing either the Boost library or the C++ standard library for a particular mod, including the correct header file(s) needed for the dual library chosen, and creating a namespace alias for the namespace of the dual library chosen. CXXD also provides a macro-based solution for distinguishing between the Boost version and the C++ standard version of a dual library so that specific code for a particular dual library choice may be written in those cases where the public interfaces diverge.