Re: [boost] C++03 / C++11 compatibility question for compiled libraries

Subject: Re: [boost] C++03 / C++11 compatibility question for compiled libraries
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-02-09 15:21:19

On 2/9/2018 4:49 AM, Richard Hodges via Boost wrote:
>> What do you propose to do with libraries that want to keep C++03 compatibility and rely on Boost.Test in tests?
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> Demand that they be upgraded or drop them in favour of better-behaved ones.
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> Only the future is ahead. The past is irrelevant.
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> A library that demands c++03 is not a c++ library. It’s merely a blocker to productivity. It must adapt or die.

Since C++03 is the lowest level of C++ standards compatibility, it can 
hardly "demand" anything. If you think it does please point out a C++03 
construct which is not supported by later C++ standards.

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>> On 9 Feb 2018, at 09:45, Andrey Semashev via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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>> On 02/09/18 12:13, Olaf van der Spek via Boost wrote:
>>> On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 9:50 AM, Raffi Enficiaud via Boost
>>> <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>> * is there any better option? All the other options I see are even worse.
>>> Isn't it time to require C++11 to avoid spending / wasting time on these issues?
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>> What do you propose to do with libraries that want to keep C++03 compatibility and rely on Boost.Test in tests?