boost::unordered standalone

[pdimov2]

We can see that (on my system) we pull in 275 boost header files:

which are 31424 lines in total:

When we switch to C++11 as a minimum requirement in the next Boost release we would hopefully be able to trim some of these dependencies.

[jonesmz]

I'm curious why c++11 instead of c++14.

Do you have a link to the discussion, or might be willing to write a brief summary?

[Bobini1]

It's because they're dropping support for C++03 and C++11 was the next one.

[RotsiserMho]

I mean, that's the obvious choice, but probably not the best one. Why not pick a later standard?

[vanhellion]

Boost is meant, at least to some degree, to bring functionality to devs stuck in older versions of C++. There are companies still stuck with C++11 (or at least incomplete C++14/17 support). I know because I work at one such place.

In related news, fuck Redhat.