Re: [C++-sig] Question on the development of Boost Python

2012-05-14 Thread Niall Douglas
On 13 May 2012 at 14:31, Stefan Seefeld wrote: > On 05/13/2012 05:18 AM, Michele De Stefano wrote: > > I've read a recent post by Jim Bosch saying that the original > > developers of Boost Python are not going to upgrade it for supporting > > C++11 standard libraries. > > Can you elaborate a litt

Re: [C++-sig] Question on the development of Boost Python

2012-05-14 Thread Niall Douglas
On 13 May 2012 at 21:28, Michele De Stefano wrote: > I read that post from Jim Bosch and I thought he knew something more about > Boost Python development. What Jim didn't mention is how BPL v2 (the current version) was first written. Basically, Berkeley paid Dave Abrahams a chunk of money to (

Re: [C++-sig] Question on the development of Boost Python

2012-05-13 Thread Stefan Seefeld
On 05/13/2012 03:28 PM, Michele De Stefano wrote: > I would simply like to be re-ensured that Boost Python development is > going on, because I like this library a lot. You are not alone ! :-) Stefan -- ...ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin... _

Re: [C++-sig] Question on the development of Boost Python

2012-05-13 Thread Michele De Stefano
I'm sorry, I understand that with my argumentation I've given the wrong idea of what I meant. I read that post from Jim Bosch and I thought he knew something more about Boost Python development. Then I completely agree that a library is absolutely not dead also if it does not support C++ 11. Per

Re: [C++-sig] Question on the development of Boost Python

2012-05-13 Thread Stefan Seefeld
On 05/13/2012 05:18 AM, Michele De Stefano wrote: > I've read a recent post by Jim Bosch saying that the original > developers of Boost Python are not going to upgrade it for supporting > C++11 standard libraries. Can you elaborate a little on what you mean by "supporting C++ 11" ? Specifically, i

Re: [C++-sig] Question on the development of Boost Python

2012-05-13 Thread Jim Bosch
On 05/13/2012 05:18 AM, Michele De Stefano wrote: I've read a recent post by Jim Bosch saying that the original developers of Boost Python are not going to upgrade it for supporting C++11 standard libraries. So I simply would like to understand if this great library is going to die or if it is k

[C++-sig] Question on the development of Boost Python

2012-05-13 Thread Michele De Stefano
I've read a recent post by Jim Bosch saying that the original developers of Boost Python are not going to upgrade it for supporting C++11 standard libraries. So I simply would like to understand if this great library is going to die or if it is kept up to date by someone else. Who are the current