Re: [boost] Fix for old style for scoping (e.g. MSVC)

From: Douglas Gregor (gregod_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-15 13:28:30

On Tuesday 15 January 2002 01:08 pm, you wrote:
> - Which is the best solution in the long term:
>   A) let unportable (in this case, relying on a particular compiler
> feature/bug) code propagate
>   B) not let unportable code propagate
>
> Personally, I have incorporated this fix into our codebase about a year ago
> and I've never heard a single complaint from my colleagues. I suggested
> this fix here now, because one of my colleagues didn't know about the fix
> and asked about it earlier today.

This is a great trick, but it is not for Boost to decide as to whether a 
project uses it or not. It surely belongs on the MSVC portability hints page, 
but we can't force a change like this on users. 

        Doug