On 20 June 2012 12:13, Robert Ramey <ramey@rrsd.com> wrote:
The whole way this was done conflicts with the whole Boost cooperative development model in a fundamental way. The whole concept of development using other libraries has to be based on the premise that once established, a library functionality can't be changed.
While the bar on changing functionality and/or interfaces is high, it isn't (and never has been, as far as I know) absolute (and it isn't even as high as the C++ standard, nor should it be). As it says in the Boost FAQ < http://www.boost.org/users/faq.html>: "Many of the Boost libraries are actively maintained and improved, so backward compatibility with prior version isn't always possible." -- Nevin ":-)" Liber <mailto:nevin@eviloverlord.com> (847) 691-1404