Re: [boost] Deprecate BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT?

Beman Dawes wrote:

If BOOST_MPL_ASSERT does a better job, why not just change BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT to be implemented in terms of BOOST_MPL_ASSERT?

Only because 1. There's more than one MPL assertion macro; one should choose the right one in order to get the best results. 2. you need to do a little bit more than write a simple integral constant expression to get really useful error output from the MPL assertions

Also, C++0x static_assert is becoming available in more compilers; should all of the Boost compile-time asserts use C++0x static_assert if available?

Without knowing anything about how good the error messages are that one gets from static_assert, I'd say "probably." -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com