Github user hcorg commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/thrift/pull/1328#discussion_r131968203
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@@ -55,15 +54,22 @@ you are using libthriftnb you will also need libevent.
## Dependencies
-boost shared pointers
-http://www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/smart_ptr.htm
+If your C++ environment implements C++11 or later, boost will
automatically use
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Even if boost itself provides mapping to `std::` pointers, next sentence
suggests that boost is not needed. Some little clean up could help confused
users ;) (this is also first place in README.md where boost is mentioned, hence
the potential confusion)
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