On 5/20/17 10:18 AM, Richard Hodges via Boost wrote:
If the maintainers have the bandwidth, I'd like my c++14 code to stop whining about auto_ptr when I link to boost. Since auto_ptr is deprecated in 14 I'd prefer to see the auto_ptr interface vanish when building for 14 unless I specifically request it by defining the preprocess or symbol BOOST_ALLOW_AUTO_PTR or some such.
We already BOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR have as part of config.hpp . It was originally defined to address C++03 libraries that didn't included it. The implementation could easily (I presume, since I'm not the person who is going to do it) be extended so that it is defined for C++11+ conforming compilers. As an aside, config.hpp, developed / maintained by John Maddoc is a masterpiece which is the cornerstone of boost. Without this we would have not been able to get library development working across the wide variety of C++ compilers we have addressed. Without this, there is no way the serialization library (for example) could hope to maintain backward compatibility for code AND data. Without this, neither Boost nor C++ would be where they are today. And it's not just a trick - it's a huge effort in it's own right. A large majority of boost users, and even some developers fail to understand and appreciate this this. Robert Ramey