Re: [boost] Removing _1 from the global namespace (again)

15 Dec 2013

      On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 3:03 AM, Rich E  wrote:
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On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 7:58 PM, Marshall Clow 
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On Dec 14, 2013, at 3:19 PM, Alexander Lamaison 
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Chris Brown  writes:
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On 12/14/13, 8:56 AM, Peter Dimov wrote:
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If we're going to call the next release 2.0, we'll be allowed some
latitude with respect to breaking changes, so maybe this is the right
time to finally remove the Bind placeholders from the global
namespace.
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This will, however, break many things all around Boost (to say
nothing
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about the outside world), as a quick grep can readily reveal. And,
consequently, it will generate a certain amount of work for the
maintainers of the affected libraries that, from their point of view,
can appear unnecessary.
+1...

But, instead of making a drastic change, why don't we make a deprecation
plan?
Say, from the next Boost release (2.0?), the official way to refer to
placeholders is boost::placeholders::_n
However, we still support ::_n  for some other release, until we completely
remove it from Boost version 2.x

Best,

-- Marco

Re: [boost] Removing _1 from the global namespace (again)

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