Okay, so you've introduce a third-party dependency. Again, how much work are you willing to do to duplicate a language feature that C++ gives you for free?
Oh give me a break. Until the new standard hit, practically everything that made C++ bearable was a third-party dep on Boost. And the difference between Boost and Boehm GC is, I don't have to read documentation or even change my code to use Boehm.
"Avoiding third party deps". The dev team that embraced that standard sure sounds like a blast to work on. The wheel I can't wait to reinvent? Zlib.
> practically everything that made C++ bearable was a third-party dep on Boost
For what it's worth, pretty much all good C++ devs I know are getting nauseous at any mentioning of Boost .. with "passionate hatred" being a more accurate description. Very professional (older) crowd, responsible for some very notable and large-scale projects.
In general, C++ is too feature-full to ensure any sort of consistency of coding and design styles between any two C++ developers. Some use it as beefed up C, others - strictly as OO language. Former will never be pleased with the code produced by latter, and vice versa. Boost only amplifies these differences, so it's really not a big surprise that it is despised in certain C++ circles.
Comparing the most famous garbage collection library of all time to the output of a standards body is not a stretch, and now we're into "some third party deps are good --- the ones that support my argument --- and some are bad --- the ones that support yours". I'm happy to consider us stalemated and move on.
