Subject: Re: [boost] question about C++11 guidelines
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-05-04 01:26:41
On 03/05/12 00:01, Eric Niebler wrote:
> Say I'm rewriting an existing Boost library and targeting C++11 users. I
> plan to ship C++03 and C++11 versions of my library side-by-side, so
> back-compat isn't an issue for the new code. Is there a reason to prefer
> using Boost's versions of utilities like enable_if, type traits,
> integral constant wrappers (e.g. mpl::int_), tuples, etc., over the
> now-standard ones?
>
> I'm leaning toward using std:: where I can, and falling back on Boost's
> versions only when there is a compelling reason.
Some C++11-capable compilers do not ship with C++11-enabled standard
libraries.