The problem is that a red square due to this change (that could have been avoided if you had given us warning) will mask other problems, so it slows development. For instance, John put in some type_traits changes that inevitably broke something, somewhere, but for him to find his errors in the sea of red will not be easy.
Ok we both made changes that inevitably broke something. Why don't you look on this other way around?
Anyway 3 years should've been enough to get rid of tools that were announced deprecated.
Sure. The problem is that the Test lib is one of those core libraries, like type_traits, where changes ripple through and can cause a lot of problems.
That's why I am have very limitted amount of time when I could make changes and do not want to wait for weeks after announcement making sure everybody had time/ heard about it.
We just need to know when deprecated bits are being removed, because it's very likely that some of us didn't even know they were deprecated until they were gone.
Ok. I am ready to make this a policy: One week notice for removed depricated interfaces.
Doug
Gennadiy