[boost] bcbboost - The unofficial BCB Boost patches

From: Nicola Musatti (Nicola.Musatti_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-24 18:11:25

Hallo, everybody.
As you probably know Borland released their new C++ product, BCB 2006, 
right after Boost 1.33.1 came out. As a result users of this product are 
faced with a longish period of time without a version of Boost that 
supports it.

Moreover, given that standard compliance doesn't seem to have increased 
all that much with the new compiler it remains to be seen how many of 
the libraries that currently are compatible with Borland compilers will 
continue to be as they evolve.

As a stopgap measure I created the bcbboost project in SourceForge to 
collect patches against Boost 1.33.1 that make it possible to use Boost 
with BCB 2006. Right now there's only the minimum necessary to build the 
libraries to the same level as BCB6. I kind of hope that some of those 
interested will rather join forces than repeat the same steps over and 
over each on their own.

I also hope to submit to Boost any newly discovered fix that is 
applicable to the main development line.

For those interested: http://sourceforge.net/projects/bcbboost

Comments, suggestions and bug reports are obviously welcome. Help is 
even more welcome :-)

Cheers,
Nicola Musatti