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November 2024

Nov. 6, 2024: Boost 1.87.0 closed for beta

Release closed for all changes

Nov. 13, 2024: Boost 1.87.0 beta

Beta posted for download.

Nov. 14, 2024: Boost 1.87.0 open for bug fixes

Release open for bug fixes and documentation updates. Other changes by permission of a release manager.

December 2024

Dec. 4, 2024: Boost 1.87.0 closed

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In Place Factory, Typed In Place Factory

Generic in-place construction of contained objects with a variadic argument-list.

Added in 1.29.0

Fernando Cacciola