Re: [lmi] Replacing boost with C++ standard library [Was: Replacing boost with std C++11]

[Greg Chicares]

On 2018-02-24 22:32, Greg Chicares wrote:
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> Ignoring 'filesystem' (in namespace 'fs'), and filtering out comments,
> the unit tests (category IV), and 'test_coding_rules':
> 
> $grep 'boost::' *.?pp |sed -e'/^[^:]*: *\/\//d' -e'/^[^:]*_test.cpp:/d' 
> -e'/^test_coding/d'
> calendar_date.hpp:    :boost::additive<calendar_date,int>
> calendar_date.hpp:    ,boost::totally_ordered<calendar_date>
> calendar_date.hpp:    ,boost::unit_steppable<calendar_date>
> config.hpp:namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
> mc_enum.hpp:    ,private boost::equality_comparable<mc_enum<T>,mc_enum<T>>
> mc_enum.hpp:    ,private boost::equality_comparable<mc_enum<T>,T>
> mc_enum.hpp:    ,private boost::equality_comparable<mc_enum<T>,std::string>
> tn_range.hpp:    ,private boost::totally_ordered    <tn_range<Number,Trammel>>
> tn_range.hpp:    ,private 
> boost::equality_comparable<tn_range<Number,Trammel>,Number>
> tn_range.hpp:    ,private 
> boost::equality_comparable<tn_range<Number,Trammel>,std::string>

Today, only a namespace alias remains:

$grep 'boost::' *.?pp |sed -e'/^[^:]*: *\/\//d' -e'/^[^:]*_test.cpp:/d' 
-e'/^test_coding/d'
config.hpp:namespace fs = boost::filesystem;

>> Anyway, if we upgrade the C++ dialect and write comparison operators 
>> ourselves,
>> we can remove boost utterly from lmi, with all the problems it brings...and
>> enable all the warnings it has forced us to turn off.
> 
> The only remaining obstacles are 'filesystem' and a few sets of operators.

Now the only remaining obstacle is 'filesystem'.