Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | If we decide someday that Qt should be replaced by something else | then, provided that proper encapsulation is done in support, I am | really confident that there is absolutely *no* lock-in. We will just | have to rewrite part of support/*.cpp, that's all. The situation would | be exactly the same as with another library (libxml for example). As | for boost, it's usage is spread all over the source code and the real | technical lock-in is there IMHO. I like boost personally but, as | long
You realize of course that much of your use of boost is boost libraries that will be in the next standard? | as it is not a standard, we should not use it outside of support. And, | no, forecasting that part of boost will become a standard 20 years in | the future does not count :-) What about 1 year? -- Lgb