Use of Boost library classes in kdecore?

[Thomas Zander]

On Saturday 07 July 2007 00:43:15 Frank Osterfeld wrote:
> > Bottom line; I would really dislike using boost in kdelibs.  Not that
> > I have anything against boost per-see. But lets please keep the level
> > of complexity (learning new stuff) to a minimum so people can
> > actually roll into hacking on kdelibs a bit easier.  Just because you
> > like boost doesn't mean all the potential kdelibs hackers should
> > learn to use it.
>
> This is just about boost::shared_ptr, not about Boost lambda, Template
> Meta Programming, whatever voodoo boost lib comes to mind.
> And using boost::shared_ptr shouldn't be any harder than any other
> shared pointer implementation.

That division doesn't change the objection at all, naturally. The point is 
still valid even if, as you argue, it doesn't mean introducing the full 
new API but just a part of it.
Besides; if one usage is in, then I'm sure that the next will soon follow. 
That's the way it works.

-- 
Thomas Zander
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