Re: [boost] Support for BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION

10 Oct 2013


      Joaquin M Lopez Munoz wrote:
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Stephen Kelly  writes:
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On 10/10/2013 07:48 AM, Joaquin M Lopez Munoz wrote:
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Stephen Kelly  writes:
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I understand there's been some discussion about dropping support
for compliers with BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION
defined. Has some final decision been made about this?
What is the question behind the question?
Once the decision is taken, I can get rid of some workarounds in
On 10/09/2013 12:39 AM, Joaquin M Lopez Munoz wrote:
the Boost libs I maintain.
Indeed. I already have patches ready to push which remove the use of
the macro throughout boost.
In my case, it's not so much about removing #ifdefs as about
eliminating workarounds like this:
Instead of
template<typename T> foo{...};
template<typename T> foo{...};
I'm forced to write
template<typename T> foo_type1{...};
template<typename T> foo_type2{...};
template
struct foo:
 mpl::if_<
   is_same>,
   foo_type1<T>,
   foo_type2<T>
...
{};
Why are you  forced to write this? You are not forced to write code 
compatible with older compilers.  It's only an option.  Just write the code 
you want and note that your library is not compatible with certain "older" 
compilers.  Combatibility with non-standard C++ has never been a boost 
requirement and this is explicitly stated somewhere on the boost website.

Robert Ramey