Re: [preprocessor] Dropping support for compilers that do not implement variadic macros

From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-09-15 02:20:23

On 9/14/2020 6:57 PM, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:
> Edward Diener wrote:
> 
>> In lieu with Boost's decision regarding dropping support for C++03 
>> compilation, I would like to drop support in the preprocessor library 
>> for preprocessors which do not implement variadic macros. Variadic 
>> macros were added in the C++11 standard, although a number of 
>> compilers supported them even before the official C++ standard. I will 
>> of course keep the same macro APIs, although deprecating non-variadic 
>> macro forms when alternate variadic macro forms exist. This will 
>> simplify Boost PP.
> 
> Which compilers will be affected?

I forgot to add that VC++ prior to VS2005 is considered to not support 
variadic macros.