Boost.Regex vs C++11 Regex

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flumpb picture flumpb · Sep 28, 2011 · Viewed 9.3k times · Source

Could someone explain the differences between the two? Which would be better to learn right now? How would knowledge transfer from one to the other and vice-versa?

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Ilia Choly picture Ilia Choly · Sep 28, 2011

The boost regex library made it into C++0x so I'm guessing it will slowly be removed from boost. However, using boost is nice because you can still use it with compilers without C++0x support. So it's really up to you.

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