Re: [boost] Road to low-quality-code is paved with good intentionsof dropping dependencies

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In order to do that, we need to somehow unify the following unrelated > types:

std::integral_constant boost::integral_constant boost::mpl::integral_c

Otherwise, it'll break the world, as most usages of type traits are either via tag dispatching or enable_if.

I've already suggested a way to do that. Namely, integral constant types of type T and value v need to acquire a converting constructor from anything of type U for which U::value == v.

As explained in http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2014/06/214248.php

I think these suggestions put the cart before the horse - if only "modern" compilers are to be supported - and most of these techniques seem to require something reasonably modern - then most of the type_traits dependencies could be removed anyway. So.... what is the minimal compiler requirement to be? John.