Re: [boost] Boost for new compiler

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-16 12:40:01

Beman Dawes:

> Where RTTI is useful, but not essential, I'd personally rather not
> remove it entirely. Instead, the code could respond to a macro
> (BOOST_NO_RTTI perhaps) and avoid usage when present.

In non-essential scenarios, often the proper macro to test is 
BOOST_NO_TYPEID:

http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1104

since typeid(T) does not require the R in RTTI and may be supported even 
when RTTI is off (under MSVC for example).