Subject: [boost] [config][type_traits] Support for final keyword in Boost?
From: John Maddock (jz.maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-08-16 03:59:29
I have a couple of pull requests to add support for the final keyword in
Boost.Config and an is_final trait to type traits, so my questions are:
1) Are these generally useful?
2) Do we need BOOST_NO_CXX11_FINAL_CLASS and
BOOST_NO_CXX11_FINAL_OVERRIDE or will a single BOOST_NO_CXX11_FINAL do?
3) The trait appears to be unimplementable via SFINAE (anyone care to
prove me wrong?) which means it's only usable on GCC and lookalikes
which have an __is_final intrinsic. Should we still add this to Boost
or is the answer "use GCC's native features" given that a Boost version
effectively adds nothing?
Thanks! John.