Re: [Boost-users] Interaction between boost::timer and boost::thread

Matthieu Brucher wrote:

2010/9/8 Eric J. Holtman :

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On 9/8/2010 11:48 AM, Matthieu Brucher wrote:

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I can't use them now in production code when they may not be supported in the future.

No snark here.... serious question.... what guaranty do you have that *any* boost library will be supported in the future?

What guarentee do you have that ANYTHING will be supported in the future. Can you guarentee that your own code will be? Once you import the boost source into your project, it becomes yours to do with what you will - just like your own code. So the risk/commitment is on worse than it is for your own code. Of course, a boost library might well be supported in the future - which would save you tons of work if/when that happens. If at some point it were to not be supported any more, you'd be no worse off than you would be with your own code. So I can see no economic case for deciding not to use a boost library if it does what you need. Robert Ramey