Boost Progress

[r-barnes]

boost/progress.hpp warns me:

include/boost/timer.hpp:21:98: note: #pragma message: This header is deprecated. 
Use the facilities in <boost/timer/timer.hpp> instead.
BOOST_HEADER_DEPRECATED( "the facilities in <boost/timer/timer.hpp>" )

But when I look in boost/timer.hpp there's no obvious path to upgrade, since there is no boost::progress_display class.

How am I intended to deal with the deprecation of progress.hpp, other than rewriting it?

[pdimov]

Fair point. I added the deprecation message because the old timers have been explicitly marked as deprecated in the documentation for a long while (since Boost 1.53, https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/libs/timer/doc/index.html.)

But it's true that progress_display has no "modern" equivalent.

I'm not sure what's the best way to handle this; add boost::timer::progress_display with the same contents as the deprecated one?

[glenfe]

Adding boost::timer::progress_display in a new header, <boost/timer/progress_display.hpp>. With the same contents is fine. I don't think we're using it in other Boost libraries, and users are probably already aware that it won't receive updates (though contributions wouldn't be turned away).

[r-barnes]

This seems reasonable to me.

[r-barnes]

Should I make a PR?

[pdimov]

No need, thanks. See c221a60.

[r-barnes]

Cool, I'll close this then.

[r-barnes]

Oh - I wonder if you know when that might make it into a Boost release?

[glenfe]

It should make it into 1.72.