Boost - Dev mailing list wrote
On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 3:09 AM, peterkochlarsen via Boost wrote:
Glen Fernandes wrote
peterkochlarsen wrote: Most people should prefer using the standard library, reconsidering if they really need the array-version of shared_ptr. By the way, I am a happy user of boost::thread, and have not taken the time to move to std::thread yet.
There is no "should" here. I let most people decide for themselves what they prefer. e.g. You may intend to move to std::thread, that's fine. Others may choose to continue to use boost::thread and boost::shared_ptr because they may not want to keep switching between std and boost for whatever reason(s).
(In some cases, those reasons could be as simple as wanting newer features in Boost libraries that evolve faster. In other cases, it might be as simple as their organization updates Boost versions faster than they migrate to new compiler versions).
As for documenting that there exists a standard version and describing the differences, sure: I can see the value in that.
Glen
Agreed. I probably meant to write "Most people would". And this is an opinion where you have given good reasons as to why some might prefer not to switch. /Peter -- View this message in context: http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/review-queue-What-to-do-about-the-library... Sent from the Boost - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.